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- 1. St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 2. St Augustine, Dodderhill, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church The present church comprises a 14thc. chancel, the N wall of which is clad in brick, a massive sandstone tower of 1708 on the site of the S transept, which replaced a crossing tower said to have been demolished in the 17thc., and a N transept rebuilt in brick in the 19thc.; the original nave has disappeared and the crossing now serves this function. Restorations were begun in 1845. Romanesque sculpture is found in the chancel and crossing arches.
- 3. St Peter and St Paul, Eastham, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church The church, built of tufa with ashlar facing both inside and out, comprises a 12thc. nave and chancel, both without aisles. The chancel was extended in the 14thc., and in 1825 the W nave wall was replaced by a brick tower. According to the church guide, the tufa comes from a deposit four miles to the E. The VCH records restorations to the fabric in 1864 and 1889. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave, in the arcading above it and on the font. There are also two carved panels inset into the E nave wall inside, and two panels reset into the S nave wall outside.
- 4. St John the Baptist, Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 5. St Martin, Holt, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 6. St Peter, Rous Lench, Worcestershire, England
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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.
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