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1. St Eadburga, Abberton, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Rebuilt on the site of the old church in 1881-2. Some 14thc. stone was reused in the Victorian building, but the only 12thc. work is the font.
2. St Mary Magdalene, Alfrick, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of coursed red sandstone rubble, the church has a 12thc. nave with three plain, round-headed windows, a 13thc. chancel, a 19thc. N transept and adjacent vestry, and a timber bellcote. The transept, now used as a baptistry, contains a Romanesque carved relief and a font, both brought from Lulsley church in 1974, when this was converted into a private dwelling (see Lulsley, Worcestershire).
3. St Bartholomew, Areley Kings, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Of red sandstone ashlar, the church was entirely rebuilt in 1885-86 with the exception of the 12thc. chancel and 14thc. tower on the S side of the nave. The ground stage of the tower serves as a S porch.
4. St Mary the Virgin, Aston Somerville, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church comprises a W tower, mainly of 14th-15thc. date but with the tower arch responds retaining water-holding bases, and a 13thc. nave and chancel. The font could be partly Romanesque.
5. 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.
6. St Leonard, Beoley, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built in faced sandstone rubble, the tower of sandstone ashlar. Nave with N and S aisles, chancel, N chapel and W tower. Restoration in 1885. The nave and W half of the chancel were built in the early part of the 12thc., the chancel being extended to its present length, and the nave aisles added in the 13thc. The only 12thc. sculpture is a relief set into the S wall inside, and the font.
7. 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.
8. St James, Bishampton, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Chancel with vestry, nave and S porch rebuilt 1870 and W towerc.1400. 12thc. N and S doorways re-set during rebuilding. Only the S doorway is carved. There is also a carved font.
9. St Leonard, Bretforton, Worcester, England

Parish Church
Built of lias rubble with dressings of Broadway stone ashlar. 15thc. W tower, ashlar-faced, with pinnacles. Nave, N and S aisles, N and S transepts. It stands on a low mound in the centre of the old part of the village. Sculpture ofc.1200 is found in the nave arcade capitals, and there is a plain font and a chip-carved stone set into a windowsill in the S transept.
10. 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.
11. St Eadburga, Broadway, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of red sandstone ashlar and rubble, plastered internally, with stone slated roof; remote from the village. Around 1400 a crossing tower was inserted into the E bay of the late 12thc. aisled nave, so its original four bays were reduced to three. The chancel is also late 12thc. The S transept is 14thc., the N transept 19thc. There is a plain round-headed blocked doorway in the N chancel wall and a plain font. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S nave arcade, and in part of the N.
12. 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.
13. St Mary, Doddenham, Worcestershire, England

Parish Church
Doddenham old church was dedicated to St Andrew, but the present 19thc. building is dedicated to St Mary. It is a simple stone building with nave, chancel and bell-cote.
14. St Peter and St Paul, Eastham, Worcestershire, England

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.
15. St Mary, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church, largely built of rubble, has a W tower, a nave with N and S aisles, a N porch, a N transept and an aisleless chancel. Herringbone masonry in the chancel walls suggests that this part of the church was built before 1100, but the rest is 13thc. and later. The parapets are of ashlar, the roofs being gabled and modern. Romanesque carved fragments are reset into the exterior and interior walls of the porch, and into the interior walls of the nave, all of later medieval date. Romanesque sculpture is also found on the font.
16. 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.
17. St Andrew, Hampton, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Late medieval church, with aisleless nave, central tower and chancel. Plain font, of uncertain date. There are some Romanesque carved fragments built into the interior nave walls.
18. All Saints, Hanley William, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Of sandstone rubble with tufa dressings: 12thc. nave, extended westwards in 13thc., 12thc. chancel with E wall of 1866, timber bell-turret with shingled spire and a modern S porch. Plain chancel arch with plain chamfered imposts; plain font. Romanesque sculpture is found on a reset panel above the S nave doorway.
19. 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.
20. St Mary, Knightwick, Worcestershire, England

Mortuary Chapel
The old church was pulled down in 1879 and a chapel built on the site. It has a two-bay nave and chancel in one with bell-turret.12thc. sculpture exists on a font originally from the old church at nearby Doddenham.
21. St Eadburga, Leigh, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The 12thc. features of the church are the nave, the S nave arcade and the W part of the chancel. In the later 12thc. or the early 13thc. the S aisle was widened and lengthened, and an arched entrance made into the chancel. There is a 14thc. W tower of sandstone ashlar, and a timber porch. The church is otherwise mainly built of red sandstone rubble, but the 12thc. work inside is of a pale grey stone. Romanesque sculpture is found in the niche or blocked window in the exterior N nave wall, which until 1970 contained a carved relief of Christ, now inside the church, in the chancel and S chapel arches and in the S nave arcade. The font is probably 19thc., but shows Romanesque features.
22. Lower Sapey, Worcestershire, England

Parish church (redundant)
Of red sandstone rubble, plastered within and without, with tufa dressings. The church is now derelict, although it was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1946. It comprises a 12thc. nave and chancel, both without aisles, and a timber S porch. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway. The plain font is now in the new church, built in 1877 and one mile away.
23. Manor Farm, Lower Wick, Worcestershire, England

Former chapel, now farm outbuilding.
The first approx. 3m of height of the rectangular building is of 12thc. masonry for the most part. The E and W windows, now blocked, can be seen. Floors have been inserted and partitions made over centuries. It is still easy to see the ground plan of what may have been the 12thc. church.
24. St John the Baptist, Mamble, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of sandstone rubble with sandstone facings. The church comprises a nave, chancel and timbered W tower, largely of the early 13thc., a S aisle of the 14thc., and a ruined, roofless N chapel of the 16thc. Romanesque sculpture is found in the chancel arch. There is also a plain font.
25. St Nicholas, Middle Littleton, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of grey stone rubble, the church consists of a W tower, a nave with S porch, N and S transepts and a chancel with N vestry and organ chamber. Only the font bears Romanesque sculpture.
26. St Leonard, Newland, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church, of red sandstone ashlar, was rebuilt in 1862-64. The Romanesque font came from the old church.
27. 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.
28. Pendock, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church, built of rubble and standing in open land at some distance from the present village, consists of a 12thc. nave and chancel, both without aisles, and a 15thc. W tower. A medieval timber porch protects the N doorway, which bears Romanesque sculpture. There are a plain round-headed S doorway, a plain restored piscina with triangular head in the S wall of the sanctuary, and a plain font, all probably of the 12thc. Romanesque sculpture is also found in the chancel arch.
29. St Nicholas, Pinvin, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of rubble masonry, plastered within and without. Nave and chancel probably 12thc., but greatly restored in 1884-85, when a bell-cote was added at the W end. Romanesque sculpture is found on three carved fragments inset into the wall above the plain S doorway, and on the font.
30. St Peter, Pirton, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of coursed rubble, the church has a 12thc. nave and a later medieval chancel. The side walls of the nave are thicker at the E end, indicating that there was once a central tower. The present, timber-framed N tower is probably of medieval date. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave, in the chancel arch and on a corbel above the doorway inside the church. There is also a plain font.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. St Andrew, Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church, built of tufa with sandstone dressings and of ashlar inside and out, comprises a 12thc. nave and a 13thc. chancel, both without aisles. Romanesque sculpture is found in the N doorway of the nave. The church also contains a plain font, of uncertain date.
34. St Mary, Shrawley, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of red sandstone ashlar, the church has a 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, the latter with a modern arch and rebuilt E wall, a W tower of the 16thc. or 17thc., and a modern vestry. The nave is on a different axis to the chancel and seems to have been built a little later. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave, within a 15thc. porch, in the blocked N nave doorway and on the label of a small reset doorway in the S chancel wall; on the string courses of both nave and chancel; on the font and on loose fragments.
35. St Edmund, Stoulton, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The church has a broad nave and chancel, both without aisles and of the 12thc., and a W tower rebuilt 1936-37. The 12thc. work is of rubble and good ashlar masonry. Romanesque sculpture is found in the blocked S doorway and blind arcade above; in the blind arcade above the plain round-headed doorway on the N side of the nave, the latter within a modern timber porch; on the string courses around the buttresses; and on the font. There is also a plain round-headed chancel arch with plain grooved impost blocks.
36. St John the Baptist, Suckley, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
The old church has been demolished, but some medieval features (a 14thc. tomb recess and piscina, and a 12thc. font) were incorporated in the new church of 1878-89. This is large and imposing, set on a mound and built in Cradley stone with Bath stone dressings. Only the font bears Romanesque sculpture.
37. St John the Baptist, White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Built of rubble masonry, plastered. The church comprises a 12thc. nave and chancel, and a tall weather-boarded bell tower, which stands on heavy timbers inside the nave and is unlikely to have been built after it. In 1861 the W wall of the nave was rebuilt and a N aisle and vestry added. There are a plain round-headed S doorway and a plain font, the latter of uncertain date.
38. St Bartholomew, Wick, Worcestershire, England

Parish church
Substantially of 12thc. date but restored in 1861 and 1893, the church comprises a nave with plain N arcade, a N porch, chancel, N vestry and organ chamber. During one of the 19thc. restorations, it was clad in yellow ashlar and the plain S doorway reset. The church contains a plain font.