Edvin Loach

Edvin Loach, also Edwin Loach, is a village in the civil parish of Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, in east Herefordshire, England, and about 3 miles (5 km) north of the town of Bromyard, and east from Edwyn Ralph civil parish.

The old church at Edvin Loach was built in the mid-11th century or later and was dedicated to St Giles. It is built within the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.[1] Later it was re-dedicated to St Mary. The old church gradually became dilapidated, though its roof was still intact as late as the 1890s. It is in the guardianship of English Heritage.[1] The new St Mary's Church, designed by Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1860, stands next to the ruins of the old church.[2] It is an example of 19th-century church architecture designed in Early English style.

  • Edvin Loach old church
    Edvin Loach old church
  • Edvin Loach 19th-century church
    Edvin Loach 19th-century church

References
  1. "History of Edvin Loach Old Church". English Heritage. 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p. 126 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
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