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1. St Giles, Exhall, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
A small church with plastered E Norman nave, and 13thc. chancel. The only Romanesque feature is the blocked N doorway, visible only on the outside.
2. St Laurence, Foleshill, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of nave, chancel, N and S aisles, S transept, S porch, N vestry and W tower. The tower and N aisle are Perp. whilst most other features are 19thc. and 20thc. The font is 12thc.
3. St Mary, Halford, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church comprises a 12thc. nave, extended westward in the 13thc., and a 13thc. chancel and S aisle; the 13thc. W tower is formed in the angle of the nave and S aisle. There is extensive use of grey lias rubble work, also some shell bearing limestone and red sandstone. The N and S doorways are Romanesque, as is the chancel and sculpture in the nave E wall.
4. St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church has N and S aisles, a heavily altered 12thc. chancel with plain round-headed windows, and a 15thc. W tower. Romanesque sculpture is found in the blocked N chancel doorway and S nave arcade.
5. St James the Great, Idlicote, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Small church of nave, chancel, S chapel and S aisle dating from early or mid 12thc. (VCH). S chapel is 17thc. and S aisle and chancel 13thc. Earlier parts built in grey lias limestone, later additions in liassic ironstone, both varieties fairly local. The nave N wall contains a 12thc. doorway with a plain round head and nook-shafts with scalloped capitals.
6. St Mary, Ilmington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A large church with W tower, a wide aisleless nave, chancel and N and S transepts. The W and S faces of the base of the tower, the chancel arch and the N and S nave walls and doorways are 12thc.
7. Kenilworth Abbey, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Originally Augustinian Priory, then Abbey, now a ruin.
After the dissolution of the Abbey in 1538, some of the stone was used for the Earl of Leicester's developments at Kenilworth Castle,c.1570; other stones were used for local building foundations, etc. Loose sculptures from the excavations of 1890 and 1922 are now held in the 'Barn', an essentially 14thc. monastic building, later used as a barn. The site was covered over in 1967 for preservation.
8. St Nicholas, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

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

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. Warwickshire Museum, Warwickshire, England

Museum
Found 'within the area' of Warwick Castle' (See VIII Comments/Opinions). Now held by the Warwickshire Museum (Inventory Number: Warwickshire Museum Archaeology Collection A197).
11. St Bartholomew, Little Packington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church (redundant)
The church consists of nave, chancel, N vestry, S porch, and timber-framed W bell-turret with shingled spire. The medieval lower timbers of the turret appear in the nave. The church was largely re-built in 1879 by Preedy. Surviving 12thc. features are N and S doorways to the nave, and an early to mid 12thc. corbel table on N and S sides of the nave. There is also a small plain round-headed window with an arcuated lintel just E of the S doorway. All the stonework is local red sandstone, except the modern N vestry.
12. Holy Trinity, Long Itchington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church.
A parish church essentially of the 13thc. with a surviving reset Romanesque doorway in the S aisle wall.
13. St Nicholas, Loxley, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Mainly 18thc. and consisting of nave, chancel and a 13thc. W tower on S side of church. There is Herringbone work inside chancel N wall and outside chancel S wall, and a plain, flattened round arch but these may be 18thc. (Pevsner). Romanesque sculpture is found on the pillar piscina.
14. St Lawrence, Meriden, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of an aisled nave of the 14thc. and 15thc., a Perpendicular W tower and 12thc. chancel, although this has been altered and extended. The N wall of the chancel has a deeply-splayed, round-headed window, chamfered with arcuated lintel. There is a corresponding window on the S, now blocked, of which traces remain on the interior of the chancel. Other 12thc. remains are found in the exterior N wall of the chancel, and in the interior S wall of chancel and nave. All in local pale red sandstone.
15. St John Baptist, Middleton, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Large church with chancel, nave ofc.1300 and Perpendicular W tower. The S doorway to the nave is 12thc. and is protected by a 18thc. brick porch. A plain, reset blocked N doorway to the nave is also 12thc, as are the remains of lancets on N and S walls of chancel. The church is of red sandstone.
16. Holy Cross, Morton Morrel, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of a simple nave and chancel, the chancel possibly 17thc. The nave windows and upper part of the tower are Georgian. The N doorway is Perpendicular. There is a reset plain window in the N wall of the tower that could be 12thc. (Pevsner) and two loose fragments in the nave bear Romanesque carving.
17. St George the Martyr, Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The original church burnt down in 1880 and was rebuilt by J L Pearson in 1881-2 in 13thc. style (VCH). It has nave, chancel, S aisle and transept and NW tower. Two 12thc. doorways were reused in the new church.
18. St Lawrence, Northfield, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Originally 12thc., the church is now mainly 13thc. and 14thc. It has a N aisle of 1900, and a tower with 13thc. and 15thc. work. The S porch is of the 15thc. The reset N doorway is 12thc. There are four animal-head corbels reset in the tower.
19. Holy Trinity, Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
In grey/pink sandstone, this small church comprises a chancel, nave, modern N aisle and S porch. The chancel has lancet windows with deeply splayed reveals, and the doorway is of similar date. The font is the only feature that might be ascribed to the Romanesque period.
20. St Mary the Virgin, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of a nave, chancel and N transept. The church includes the remains of a Benedictine nunnery church. The four large crossing piers, partly ruined, were incorporated into the new building when the nave was rebuilt in 1876 by Clapton Rolfe in the Romanesque style. The chancel and N transept were rebuilt by Harold Brakspear in 1906 and 1930.
21. St Gregory, Offchurch, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A small church sited on a hill above the village. It has an aisleless Romanesque nave with recut windows. Romanesque sculpture is found on the N doorway, on the chancel arch and on some chancel windows. Grey stone with some red; of rubble except for the grey ashlar late medieval tower.
22. St Mary, Oldberrow, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A small rectangular building with a screen to divide nave from chancel, all dating from rebuilding in 1875. However, a 12thc. pillar piscina (not mentioned by Pevsner) was retained and set in the SE angle. There is also a small 12thc. round-headed window in the S wall.
23. Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The present church was built in 1766 and replaced an earlier church. The earlier church had a Romanesque font which was removed and is now to be found in the church of Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield, (V.C.H.). See the Sutton Coldfield site entry for details.
24. St Laurence, Oxhill, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church is aisleless with a 15thc. W tower and an essentially 12thc. nave and chancel. 12thc. sculpture is found on N and S doorways, on two windows in the chancel and one in the nave, and on the chancel arch and font.
25. St Editha, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church was originally part of a Benedictine nunnery founded in the 10thc. The present church consists of nave, N aisle, chancel and N tower. The first two bays E and the Westernmost, of the eight-bay N nave arcade are 12thc. Some of the original 12thc. round-headed clerestorey windows survive (the first three from E and first from W).
26. St Swithin, Quinton, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Church consisting of nave with early 12thc. S arcade of two bays and late 12thc. N arcade of three bays. 13thc. chancel, N and S aisles and tower with 15thc. spire. N porch and late 12thc. font near N doorway.
27. St Nicholas, Radford Semele, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church was largely rebuilt in 1889 although the tower is Perpendicular. There is a 12thc. window in the S wall below rubble-work of the same date.
28. St Leonard, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Aisleless church with chancel, nave, S porch, vestry and 15thc. W tower. Both nave and chancel are pre-1100 (Pevsner) and are probably of 1080 (Church Guide). Sculpture is found on the N and S doorways to the nave, N and S chancel windows and the recut font. A number of later windows have been inserted and there are many alterations ofc.1800, in red brick. The original nave and chancel are of local red sandstone, and the tower of grey sandstone.
29. St Matthew, Salford Priors, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
An originally 12thc. church consisting of chancel, narrow nave, W tower with clasping buttresses and nave S aisle. The S aisle was added in the late 12thc., the arcades formed by cutting through the S wall leaving rectangular piers. The S wall of the aisle has since been rebuilt. Surviving 12thc. features are the N doorway, three bays of the nave S arcade, and the lower part of the W wall of the tower which incorporates two round-headed windows, one of which is decorated.
30. Shotteswell , Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A small church with chancel, nave, N and S aisles, a small sacristy entered from N aisle, W tower with spire and N, S and W doorways. The N arcade is 12thc. and a plain font may also date from this period. The Church is built of local liassic ironstone, probably from Hornton quarries nearby.
31. St Matthew, Shuttington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Small church of 12thc. origin consisting of nave, chancel and weatherboarded bell-cote. The nave dates from about 1150, with more later alterations. The chancel was probably rebuilt in the 13thc., and the whole church restored in 1844 and again in 1908-9 by W.H. Bidlake. Bidlake appears to have removed the 13thc. windows and replaced them with seven 12thc. style windows, two each in N and S walls of nave and one each N and S walls of chancel and one in E. wall of chancel. All have nook shafts with scalloped capitals and arches with edge-roll and hollow label. The chancel arch in the Romanesque style is also by Bidlake.
32. St Mary the Virgin, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England

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.
33. Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, Studley, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The present church consists of chancel, nave, S aisle and W tower. Surviving from the 12thc. are the N doorway, herringbone masonry in the N wall and a high-level round-headed lancet. Of possible 12thc. origin is a small carved panel reset above the N jamb of the chancel arch.
34. Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Large church consisting of chancel, nave, two N aisles, a S aisle, S porch and W tower. Galleries have been inserted into N and S aisles and the W end. Of local red sandstone. The font is the only Romanesque feature.
35. Tidmington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A small church dating fromc.1200, although much rebuilt, consisting of nave, early 13thc. W tower, early 16thc. chancel and modern S porch. Romanesque sculpture is found on the font and the late 12thc. or early 13thc. S doorway. Of shelly Edgehill-type liassic limestone and some blue lias.
36. St Mary the Virgin, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Parish church.
The chancel, nave, N and S aisles, vestry, S porch and W tower of the church all date from the 14th and 15thc. The SW corner of the church is now enveloped externally by recently built parish rooms. The font is the only Romanesque feature.
37. St Michael, Warmington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel, nave, N and S aisles, N chapel, W tower and N, S and W doorways. Three bays of the N arcade are mid-12thc. and three bays of the S arcade are late 12thc. Built entirely in local liassic ironstone, probably from Hornton quarries nearby.
38. St Mary, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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.
39. St James, Weddington, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Small church, mainly of the 19thc. consisting of chancel, aisleless nave, S porch, N vestry and W tower. The font is the only Romanesque feature.
40. St Peter, Whatcote, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Simple church with nave and chancel. Romanesque N wall, with two plain splayed round-headed windows and a doorway bearing Romanesque sculpture; at the E end of this wall there is evidence on the interior only for a second doorway (part of a plain E jamb and arch).
41. St Michael, Whichford, Warwickshire, England

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.
42. St Mary, Whitchurch, Warwickshire, England

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.
43. St Milburga, Wixford, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Small church of undivided chancel and nave with S chapel. The chancel was probably a 13thc. lengthening of the 12thc. building. A S porch and bell-turret are probably of the 1881 restoration. The S doorway is 12thc. as is the blocked N doorway. Much of the walling masonry is of the local whitish-grey lias limestone.
44. St Margaret, Wolston, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A large church with a two-aisled nave, chancel, transepts and crossing tower. The S doorway and parts of the crossing are 12thc. as are two small, plain, splayed, clerestory window openings, one above each transept arch.
45. St John Baptist, Wolvey, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel, nave, N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. The reset S doorway is all that survives from the 12thc.
46. St Mary Magdalen, Wyken, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of a 12thc. nave and chancel and a 15thc. W tower with a Victorian timber top incorporating a pyramidal tiled roof. Surviving 12thc. features include two plain, round-headed lancets in the chancel (N and S walls) and one in the nave (N wall) as well as traces of what was originally a group of three round-headed windows in the E wall of the chancel. Only the outer jambs of this group is still discernable owing to the insertion of a larger, later window. There are also blocked doorways in the N and S walls of the nave. The jambs and arch of the original S doorway now form the W doorway to the tower. The font is also of the 12thc.