The hamlets of Kemeys Commander and Kemeys Inferior formed part of the Monmouthshire estates of the Knights Templar.[1] The Templars administered their holdings through commandery, accounting for the name of the hamlet. A reference to a church on the site dates from the 13th century, but the present building was constructed in the 15th century.[1] The Lordship of Kemeys dates from the Middle Ages and was held by the Kemeys family until the estate was sold in the early 18th century.Шаблон:Sfn
The church was restored by Richard Creed in the late 19th century.[1] At the time of the restoration, the vicar was The Rev. Herbert Sheppard M.A., of Clare College, Cambridge.[2]
Architecture and description
The church is built of local limestone in the Perpendicular style.Шаблон:Sfn The entrance is through a timber porchШаблон:Sfn and under a bell gable.[3] The building has suffered from subsidence and the bell gable is off-vertical.[4]
The church retains its original medieval rood screen and rood beam, one of few churches in southeast Wales that do so.Шаблон:Sfn[5]
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