About 700 yards away from St. John's, lying at the foot of the hill known as the Mount stands the Norman church of St. Nicholas. The exact date of the church is unknown, but it is thought to be about 1170 and was probably built by Thurstan de Montfort, Lord of the Manor, who also built the powerful Norman castle on the Mount, no trace of which remains at the present day. It is probable that the present church was built on the site of a former church, in fact some authorities consider that the rope work carving on the north side of the chancel is Saxon.

The two benefices of Henley-in-Arden and Beaudesert were combined in 1915 under one incumbent and services are now held regularly in both churches. Under a local arrangement Sunday services for the Roman Catholic congregation are also held in one of the two churches as there is no Roman Catholic church nearer than Wootton Wawen.

St Mary’s Church was built in 1875 and replaced The Old Chapel as the parish church. It was built by the Newton family of Barrells Hall. The Church was designed in the Gothic style of architecture by the architect John Pollard Seddon. It is built of stone from Campden in Gloucestershire and from Box near Bath. The Communion table, the pulpit, the prayer desk, and the seats are of pitch pine.

The church is impressive with its array of arches running down the nave and chancel, even framing the windows of the apse, all covered by one great roof looking like an upturned boat. The chancel floor has a great circle of mosaic, the altar in the middle. However, the mosaic is no longer visible as the church was carpeted, and the windows repaired, in the 1990s in order to make the church more welcoming. 

St. Mary’s underwent a significant restoration recently, including repairs to the roof, the provision of a kitchenette and toilet facilities, a new glass and oak main inner door, and two new stained glass windows in the west wall celebrating Baptism and the Annunciation. 

Although there was probably a building on this site pre-Christian times, of the original building, only the Chancel is left. In 1875 the Newton family of Barrells built the new church of St Mary’s on a site nearer to the village. The nave of the ‘Old Chapel’ was considered to be in a dangerous condition and it was thought necessary to take it down. The chancel was repaired so that it could serve as a mortuary chapel. 

When the Nave was taken down, an ancient doorway carved in the early English style was found on the wall showing that an earlier and more beautiful church once stood in the same spot. From the character of the mouldings and carvings discovered, it is probable that the earlier Church was built very early in the 12th or 13th century. 

In 1962 some restoration work was carried out with the aid of a donation from the Tarleton family, eight generations of which are buried in the graveyard. Further restoration took place as a Millennium Project in 2000.

The Old Chapel has a single tolling bell, a 15th century font, two rows of pews on either side, and a modest altar. The memorials are to the Knights of Barrells Hall and a coloured memorial to Sir Francis Throckmorton who died in 1554.

The chapel is still used for occasional church services, and the parish graveyard is here and not at the new church.