Most of the redsand stonework has been looted, however the original carved tympanum dates from circa 1150–60, and depicts St George on horseback, a knight crusader slaying a serpent-dragon, typical Herefordshire motifs of fabulous or mythical creatures.
It borrowed from Normandy for influences, probably Parthenay-le-Vieux, Poitou, but the voussoirs is similar to that at Shobdon within a sequence of zodiacal beasts.
The north aisle was probably built after 1300[3] with Dec[clarification needed] windows which have been isolated to date 1330–40, the church's original foundation was probably older.
More recent archaeological work has established that a medieval rampart existed to the south-east beyond the moat where a small pond was dug in 1969.
[citation needed] The bells were even more fascinating with unusual Latin markings dedicating to Saints Michael, John and Margaret.