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1. St Bartholomew, Bayton, Worcester, England

Parish church
Built of sandstone rubble, the church has a 12thc. nave and chancel, and a W tower of 1817. Restorations were carried out in 1905, and the E part of the chancel was rebuilt at this time. There is Romanesque sculpture in the S doorway of the nave and on the font.
2. St John the Baptist, Beckford, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Of coursed rubble. Comprising a 12thc. nave and a later chancel, central tower, N vestry and S porch. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N doorways of the nave, in the W tower arch, once the chancel arch, and on a shaft embedded in the S nave wall.
3. St Faith, Berrow, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Built of grey rubble, the church consists of a 12thc. nave and chancel without an arch, lengthened in 14thc., S aisle and embattled W tower of 15thc. which has a prominent corner stair turret. There is a 12thc. N nave doorway with a 14th-15thc. timber porch, a carved font and a chip-carved fragment reset in the tower.
4. St Michael, Bockleton, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of sandstone rubble, plastered within, the church has an aisleless nave and chancel, of the 12thc. and 13thc. respectively, a N chapel ofc.1560 and a 17thc. or 18thc. W tower. The doorways on the N and S sides of the nave are both inset into a frontispiece that runs the full height of the building; the N doorway is larger and more grandly decorated than the S (the slope of the land from S to N determined that the main entrance should be on the N). The S doorway is now blocked. Romanesque sculpture is found in these doorways, and in the blind arcading above them.
5. St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church has a long 12thc. nave with turrets flanking the W facade, a vaulted N porch with later upper storey, a S aisle of the 13thc., and a N aisle, crossing tower and chancel of the 14thc. Romanesque sculpture is found on the corbel tables of the nave, on the nook shafts of the W front turrets, in the S, W and N nave doorways, on the string course and vault responds of the N porch, and in the W tower arch; in the S aisle there is also a fragmentary cross-head, as well as a carved label stop.
6. St Peter, Broome, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The red brick church, built in 1780 but restored and enlarged in 1861, contains a carved Romanesque font.
7. St Cassian, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church, of sandstone ashlar, consists of an aisled nave, a chancel with a NE chapel, and an 18thc. W tower, which incorporates the entrance. Restorations were carried out in 1863-64 by Butterfield; the work included resetting the N nave doorway in the rebuilt N aisle wall (Roper 1969). Romanesque sculpture is found in this doorway, which is now blocked, in the three E bays of the N nave arcade, in the S arcade, on a fragment inset into the W wall of the tower, and on the font.
8. St Leonard, Cotheridge, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Probably built of sandstone, but now plastered within and without, and whitened. Aisleless nave and chancel of the 12thc., with a brick chapel ofc.1620 on the N side of the chancel and a S tower built of timber. Romanesque sculpture is found in the chancel arch.
9. St Nicholas, Earl's Croome, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of grey coursed rubble, the church consists of a 12thc. nave and chancel, both without aisles, and a 19thc. tower inserted into the W end of the nave. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N nave doorways, the latter now blocked, in a window and string course on the E chancel wall, and in the chancel arch; there are also some carved fragments inset into the interior chancel wall. A 19thc. sketch records the appearance of the Romanesque W front, which was moved to the vicarage grounds when the W tower was built.
10. St John the Baptist, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
The church is of rubble masonry with grey tiled roofs to the chancel and nave. Nave with N aisle, chancel, S chapel and W tower with spire. Restoration in 1876. 12thc. sculpture survives on the chancel arch and around the existing S doorway.
11. St John the Baptist, Hagley, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The red sandstone church has an aisled nave, a chancel, a W tower and a S porch entrance. The chancel was rebuilt in 1754, the N aisle and arcade were added by Rickman in 1826, and the church was largely rebuilt in 1858-65. Fragments of Romanesque voussoirs have been reused as corbels beneath the guttering of the modern porch, and in 1984 a carved stone panel was found under the plaster of the E wall of the S nave aisle.
12. St John the Baptist, Halesowen, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
This large church has an aisled nave with a slender tower over its central bay, a chancel with N and S chapels, and a S porch. The two W bays of the nave are 12thc., but the E part was rebuilt and extended in the 15thc., presumably after the collapse of a crossing tower; the present 15thc. tower is set much further W (Pevsner 1968, 179-80). An outer aisle was added on the S side of the church in 1883. The church is built of red sandstone ashlar, except for the top of the tower and the spire, which are of grey-green sandstone. Romanesque sculpture is found in the reset doorway on the S side of the nave, in the W doorway, in the blind arcade on the exterior E chancel wall, on corbels reset into the 14thc. S porch, in the chancel arch and on the font. In the N wall of the chancel is a plain round-headed window.
13. St Martin, Holt, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of red sandstone ashlar, the church has a 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, the latter extended in the 13thc., a 14thc. S chapel, a 15thc. W tower and a modern vestry. There are two plain round-headed windows of 12thc. date on the N side of the nave, and two in the N chancel wall, the latter windows later lengthened. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N nave doorways, on the string course on the N wall of the nave and chancel, in the chancel arch and on the font. There are also one window on the S side of the nave, one on the N, and a doorway leading into the vestry, all bearing sculpture related to the Romanesque work but probably of 19thc. date. Restorations were begun by the Ward family in 1859.
14. Netherton, Worcestershire, England

Former chapel of ease, now ruin.
Remains of 12thc. chapel, of rubble construction, comprising chancel and nave, standing in a garden next to a farmhouse. The gabled end walls stand to full height; half of the N nave wall has been destroyed. There is a tall plain round-headed window with a continuous roll surround in the N wall of the nave, a similar but shorter window set into a modern brick farm outhouse, and a taller plain round-headed light in the S nave wall. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N doorways, the former blocked, on reset fragments in the N nave wall outside, in the S nave wall inside and in a farm outbuilding, and on loose fragments stored in a fireplace in the W wall of the nave.
15. St Faith, Overbury, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church has a 12thc. nave with N and S arcades, both with a clerestorey, a 13thc. chancel with 14thc. aisles, a 15thc. tower between chancel and nave, and a modern porch. Except for the chancel, the church is built of sandstone ashlar. The round-headed clerestorey windows of the nave, set above the arcade spandrels, have plain splays towards the main vessel and continuous chamfered surrounds to the aisles. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S nave doorway, in the S and N nave arcades, and on the font.
16. St Peter, Pedmore, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The old church was pulled down in 1869, but some 12thc. stones were re-used in the new building of 1871: the plain chancel arch, for example, now frames the organ bay. Romanesque sculpture is found in the reset S doorway of the nave and on a fragment in the N wall of the tower.
17. St Laurence, Queenhill, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Built of rubble throughout with squared stone dressings. Nave and chancel and W tower. Restoration, including saddleback top of tower by Scott in 1885. 12thc. sculpture is found in the drastically remodelled S doorway, the font base and a window-head reset inside the nave.
18. St Leonard, Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of red sandstone ashlar, the church has a nave with N and S aisles, the former rebuilt in 1877 but with some 12thc. masonry, the latter of timber and dating from the 15thc., a chancel, also rebuilt in 1877, and a timber porch dated 1633. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N doorways, the former reset, and on various carved fragments, reset in the S nave wall inside the church, and as lintels in the exterior chancel wall.
19. St Peter and St Paul, Rock, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Sandstone church with a 12thc. nave and chancel, a S aisle and chapel of 1510, and a W tower and vestry. The church stands on high ground and is very exposed to the N and E with consequent damage to the N wall and entrance. Rock is the largest 12thc. parish church in Worcestershire, with sculpture adorning the N nave doorway and windows, the chancel arch and the font; there are also some reset Romanesque fragments in the N and W nave walls inside.
20. St Kenelm, Romsley, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church has an aisleless nave that continues directly into the chancel, both of the 12thc. and built of red sandstone, a greenish sandstone 15thc. tower and a timber S porch. The chancel is built over a crypt, which once contained the shrine of St Kenelm; the arch in the S chancel wall giving access to it is now blocked. There is Romanesque sculpture in the S nave doorway and on a corbel and two carved panels set in the S wall of the nave.
21. St Peter, Rous Lench, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church has a 12thc. nave with a N aisle, a 13thc. chancel with a N chapel of 1884-85 and a neo-Norman bell turret. There is Romanesque sculpture in the reset S and N doorways, the former with a carved relief within a niche above, in the chancel arch and in the N nave arcade. Numerous carved fragments were discovered during the 19thc. rebuilding work and are now kept in the N chapel, except for the 'Peacock stone', which is in the vestry.