, the school had 87 pupils, not only from Bentworth but also from surrounding villages. The school hall is used for other village activities such as Bentworth Garden Club meetings, performances by the Bentworth Mummers (a local amateur theatrical group), other meetings, and as a polling station for elections. In November 2010, the Bentworth Mummers put on a performance of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. Bentworth Cricket Club is just south of the village. The village has five tennis courts, one just to the south of the church and school, one just further to the southeast on the main village street, another at Hall Farm, and two more either side of the Sun Inn on Sun Hill. Notable landmarks The following are the listed buildings in the Parish of Bentworth. The listings are graded: Barn 20 Metres South East of Parsonage Farmhouse (II) Barn 45 Metres North East of Weller's Place Farmhouse (II) Barn 55 Metres South West of Summerley (II) Bentworth Blackmeadow (II) Cartshed 35 Metres North of Hall Farmhouse (DL) Chapel Immediately West of Hall Farmhouse (II*) Church of St Mary (II*) Granary 20 Metres North West of Manor Lodge (II) Greensleeves (II) Half Barn 30 Metres North of Weller's Place Farmhouse (II) Hall Farmhouse (II*) Hankin Family Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary's Church (II) Holt Cottage (II) Hooker's Place (II) Hunt's Cottage (II) Ivall's (II) Ivall's Cottage (II) Ivall's Farmhouse (II) Linzey Cottage (II) Manor Lodge (II) Mulberry House (II) Penton Cottage (II) Service Block Attached to Manor Lodge (II) Stable Block 40 Metres North of Weller's Place Farmhouse (II) Strawtop (II) War Memorial in Churchyard of St Mary's Church (II) Wardies (II) Wivelrod Farmhouse (DL) St Mary's Church and war memorial The church of St Mary lies at the centre of the village immediately east of the Primary school, located about north-east of the Star Inn. There is evidence to suggest that an Anglo-Saxon church was located here and was rebuilt. The present church has a chancel (the space around the altar for the clergy and choir) that is by , with a north vestry measuring by . The nave roof and chancel arch date from the late 12th century and the chancel itself was built in about 1260 together with the lower part of the tower. The church suffered what historian Georgia Smith describes as a "fire happening by lightning from heaven", and