• 1. Old Church, Alveston, Warwickshire, England
    Church Plan
    Parish church
    Of the church, only the 18thc. brick chancel survives. Romanesque carving is found on a reset tympanum and its supporting corbel capitals. A second plain tympanum lies half-buried in the grounds of the church.
  • 2. St Lawrence, Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, England
    S doorway, general view
    Parish church
    Nave and chancel with W tower and saddleback roof. S aisle and porch. Material, local Cotswold type stone. 12thc. features include the lower stage of the tower, the chancel arch, S and N doorways to the nave, two plain windows in the W wall, and one with sculpture in the N wall.
  • 3. St Nicholas, Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England
    Church Plan
    Parish church
    A basic church with nave and chancel, and a W tower offset to the S. The vaulted chancel is essentially Romanesque but with some restoration. The Romanesque S doorway has been very heavily restored and the simple N doorway has been reset. The body is built of sandstone rubble, but the sculptures and ashlar are in both red and grey sandstone. The church lies at the bottom of the hill on which the castle of the de Montforts once stood.
  • 4. St John Baptist, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England
    S doorway, general view.
    Parish church
    The church comprises a nave with a N aisle of the 12thc. and a S aisle with clerestorey ofc.1300, and a 12thc. chancel. There is also a two-part crypt, rectangular under the chancel, and octagonal under the nave, both Romanesque. The fabric is of red Kenilworth-type sandstone, unless otherwise stated. Romanesque sculpture is found in the N doorway, which was resetc.1350 and is now protected by a porch, in the windows of the chancel both inside and out; on the corbel tables and buttresses of the chancel; in the chancel arch and the N nave arcade, and in the crypt.
  • 5. St Peter, Bickenhill, Warwickshire, England
    View from SW.
    Parish church
    The church consists of a Perpendicular nave, chancel, N aisle and W tower. The N aisle arcade is 12thc. The S doorway has reset 12thc. features.
  • 6. St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
    View from S.
    Parish church
    The font is the only Romanesque feature. The present church dates fromc.1340 (Pevsner suggestsc.1385), although drastically restored 1868-9.
  • 7. St Nicholas and St Peter ad Vincula, Curdworth, Warwickshire, England
    View from E.
    Parish church
    The church consists of an aisleless nave and chancel of 12thc. origin, a Perpendicular W tower and S porch. The chancel has two 12thc. clasping, corner buttresses at the E end with one central buttress shortened to make way for a large 14thc. window. The N and S walls have central buttresses. The nave has three buttresses intact on the S side; similarly on the N side. There is a 12thc. blocked N doorway to the nave and a plain deeply splayed high-level window also in the N wall. In the S wall the slightly splayed internal reveals of the S doorway survive. In the chancel there are two plain, deeply splayed high-level windows in the N wall and one remaining in the S wall. Sections of a plain chamfered interior string course remain in the chancel. 12thc. sculpture is found on the chancel arch and the font.
  • 8. St Nicholas, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
    Church Plan
    Parish church
    The church, of local red sandstone, comprises W tower, nave with N and S aisles and chancel and is essentially Perpendicular, with Tudor additions. It was restored in 1864, and two transepts and a S chapel were added. The reset W doorway, set in the tower, comprises mainly 12thc. carved stones and mouldings.
  • 9. St Peter and St Paul, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
    N arcade, centre column capital
    Parish church
    The original nave and chancel church is ofc.1150 and has aisles of 1180, of which two bays survive in each. The church has been extended or adapted over time and now includes an extended chancel, vestry, N chapel, N and S aisles, S porch and W tower.
  • 10. St Mary the Virgin, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
    N doorway, general view
    Parish church
    The Chancel and W tower are substantially 12thc., but the remainder, including a 14thc. S aisle, has been rebuilt. There is a plain round-headed window in the tower and Romanesque sculpture is found on the font, the blocked N doorway of the nave, the chancel arch, responds in the chancel and at the W end of the nave, and on a blind arcade on the interior E and S chancel walls, the last very heavily reconstructed. The church is of local red sandstone.
  • 11. St Mary, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
    View from W.
    Collegiate parish church
    Of the substantial Norman church on this site, only the crypt survives. A fire in 1694 necessitated the rebuilding of tower, nave, aisles and transepts, all designed by Sir William Wilson and built by Smith of Warwick. The 14thc. chancel and 15thc. Beauchamp chapel were however retained.
  • 12. St Michael, Whichford, Warwickshire, England
    Church Plan
    Parish church
    Originally 12thc., with some of the original fabric still visible, the church has a 13thc. N aisle and 14thc. S chapel and chancel and an early 14thc. NW tower. 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway.
  • 13. St Mary, Whitchurch, Warwickshire, England
    Nave, N window, interior
    Parish church
    A small aisleless church, the W end of the nave is 11thc. (with some herringbone masonry), while the rest, to the chancel arch, is 12thc. The W part of the nave is slightly wider than the later part. There is a round-headed, plain 12thc. window in the N wall of the nave. 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway, the chancel arch and a pillar piscina.