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- 1. St Peter, Astley, Worcestershire, England
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Priory, now parish church Built of red sandstone ashlar, the church comprises a 12thc. nave with a three-bay N arcade opening into an aisle rebuiltc.1838, a 12thc. chancel with a 15thc. N chapel, and a 15thc. W tower. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave, reset and protected by a modern porch, on corbel tables and buttresses, and in the chancel arch and N nave arcade.
- 2. St Faith, Berrow, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 3. St James, Birlingham, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church The church was rebuilt in 1871-2, but retains its 15thc. W tower. There is Romanesque sculpture in the Lychgate entrance to the churchyard, which incorporates the chancel arch of the old church.
- 4. St James, Bishampton, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 5. 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.
- 6. St Nicholas, Earl's Croome, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 7. 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.
- 8. St Mary, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 9. St John the Baptist, Hagley, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 10. 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.
- 11. All Saints, Hanley William, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 12. 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.
- 13. St Michael, Knighton-on-Teme, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church Built of red sandstone and some tufa, the church has a 12thc. aisleless nave, which was extended to the W in the later 12thc. or early 13thc., a chancel of similar date to the W end of the nave, and a 15thc. tower with a modern spire. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave, in the arcading above it, in the chancel arch and in its flanking blind arcading.
- 14. St Eadburga, Leigh, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 15. St Giles, Little Malvern, Worcestershire, England
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Priory, now parish church Little remains of the 12thc. church, which was rebuilt in 1480-82. The present building comprises a medieval chancel and crossing tower, and a modern W porch on the site of the E bays of the nave; the transepts and the two chapels flanking the choir are in ruins. Romanesque sculpture is found on a respond just outside the modern doorway leading into the porch, on its N side, on a fragment set into the N wall inside the church and on a loose capital on a window ledge. There is also a plain double-handled piscina or stoup inside the church, of uncertain date.
- 16. Netherton, Worcestershire, England
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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.
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