St Swithun's Church, Clunbury

It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.

[2] The church was restored in 1881 by James Piers St Aubyn, including the addition of a timber-framed south porch.

The bell openings are louvred and arched, the parapet is battlemented, and the tower is surmounted by a pyramidal cap and a brass weathercock.

In the south wall of the nave is a trefoil-headed piscina, in a position corresponding to the external tomb recess.

[4] In 2021 a five year long project financed by a legacy and grants led to the conversion of a disused vestry to provide the church with a toilet, kitchenette and an internal spiral staircase to give access to the belfry for ringers.

[8] Also buried there is the author and former soldier Leonard Arthur Bethell, who lived at Clunton, from 1946 to his death in 1950.

Interior of Clunbury church, 1910s