Church of St Mary the Virgin, Berkeley

There was probably a Saxon church, since stones reused in the present church have Saxon carving. The present tower, erected in the 18th century, was built on the site of the tower of a medieval church, thought to be where the Saxon building stood. Robert Fitzharding, in the 12th century, is thought to have built a church on the site of the present church. The Berkeley burial chapel, built about 1450 by James Berkeley, 11th Baron Berkeley by tenure and 1st Baron Berkeley by writ (c. 1394–1463), is still owned by the Berkeley family and is not open to the public. It is in the south-east corner, in Perpendicular style. There is an ogee crocketed arch over the doorway holding the Berkeley arms.