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1. St Mary and the Holy Cross, Alderminster, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Aisleless and cruciform in plan with a chancel, N and S transepts, nave, N porch and central tower. The crossing is of 1193 (Pevsner) as is the N transept. The S transept and chancel are 13thc. (VCH) In 1874 and 1884, the nave was practically rebuilt and a modern "Romanesque" doorway was inserted in the S wall. The late 12thc. N doorway survives, although with restored tympanum. Three small, plain lancets also survive, one in the N and one in the S wall of the nave and the third in the W wall of the N transept.
2. St Laurence, Ansley, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Substantially a complete 12thc. church with a Perpendicular W tower, 18thc. chancel extension and a N aisle of 1913. The church is of local red sandstone except for the N aisle wall in the pinker Hollington stone. 12thc. features described below are the reset N nave doorway, the chancel arch and stones carved with nailhead reset to decorate a niche in the N aisle. Other 12thc. features not described are a plain S nave doorway, traces of a N nave window and a blocked S chancel window.
3. St Mary, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Nave and aisles of 1849, Perp. chancel and N and S transepts with octagonal crossing tower. The chancel may have been built on the foundations of a 12thc. chapel of the Abbey of Bec (VCH) East of the N transept is a modern porch, an entrance from the grounds of a now demolished Hall nearby. In it is a reset 12thc. doorway brought from the church of Baddesley Ensor (4km to the E) when it was demolished in 1842.
4. St Lawrence, Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, England

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.
5. Baxterley, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of a chancel which is Romanesque in origin, nave, N aisle, a 17thc. W tower, and a vestry which abuts the N wall. 12thc. work is found in the chancel arch, which was re-built during the 1950s owing to mining subsidence, a priest's door and two lancets with arcuated lintels, in the chancel. There is also a vestige of buttressing on the SE angle of the chancel, at low level.
6. St Nicholas, Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England

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.
7. St John Baptist, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England

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.
8. St Peter, Bickenhill, Warwickshire, England

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.
9. St Chad, Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire, England

Parish church.
A two aisled church with a late 14thc. tower. The chancel is basically 12thc., but the S windows have been replaced and two on the N side of the chancel have been blocked. There are remains of the upper part of a large round arch over a later window in the E wall of the S aisle. Romanesque sculpture survives on the doorway to the N aisle. There is a badly eroded font which could be 12thc. and is therefore included.
10. St Michael, Budbrook, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Except for the blocked N nave doorway, which bears Romanesque sculpture, the church dates from the 13thc. onwards, with 19thc. transepts.
11. All Saints, Burton Dasset, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
Of Hornton stone (Pevsner), with a 14thc. tower, an early 13thc. nave, N and S aisles and a transitional chancel arch (not included here). The 12thc. N and S doorways bear carved ornament.
12. St Peter, Church Lawford, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
The church was rebuilt in 1872, but with a 14thc. N arcade and a reset doorway ofc.1210 (Pevsner).
13. Corley, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A small church with an early 12thc. nave, a later 12thc. N aisle and a chancel ofc.1300; the W end, with its neo-Norman windows, was rebuilt in 1893. Plain 12thc. windows in the nave S wall and above the N nave arcade, the latter once on the exterior of the church. The early fabric is of red sandstone rubble. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave and in the N nave arcade; there is also a carved stone inset into the E nave wall to the R of the chancel arch.
14. Dosthill, Warwickshire, England

Former church, now parish room
A 12thc. former chapel now used as parish room. The chancel is now missing and the plain chancel arch, now blocked, and surrounding masonry have apparently been reset at the E end of the shortened nave. Plain N and S doorways of the 12thc. survive as do lancets in the N and S walls. These are round-headed with splayed reveals and modern lintels. The W wall has a similar window. Of creamy-buff sandstone. The two doorways, although plain and heavily restored, are described below. The present church was built in 1872 on land given by the then vicar and patron of the living of Kingsbury
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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).
29. 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.
30. 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.
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. 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.
35. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Middle Tysoe, Warwickshire, England

Parish church
A large parish church with N and S aisles, chancel, tower, S porch and vestry. There is a plain splayed round-headed 12thc. window on the W face of the tower and the remains of two plain, round-headed windows on the wall above the S arcade, the interiors deeply splayed. The tower also has a plain round-headed S doorway. 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway, and in the S arcade.
36. 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).
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.