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- 1. St Mary Magdalene, Alfrick, Worcestershire, England
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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).
- 2. St Barbara, Ashton-Under-Hill, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church The church consists of a 12thc. nave with a later medieval N aisle, a chancel of 1624, a S porch and a 13thc.-15thc. W tower. There is Romanesque sculpture in the S doorway of the nave and on fragments set into the interior S chancel wall.
- 3. St John the Baptist, Beckford, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church Of coursed rubble. Comprising a 12thc. nave and a later chancel, central tower, N vestry and S porch. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S and N doorways of the nave, in the W tower arch, once the chancel arch, and on a shaft embedded in the S nave wall.
- 4. St Leonard, Beoley, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 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 Leonard, Bretforton, Worcester, England
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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.
- 7. St Cassian, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 8. St Leonard, Clent, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church Built of sandstone, the church comprises a nave with a 12thc. S arcade and N arcade of 1864-5, a late medieval chancel and W tower, and a stone porch. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S nave arcade and on a reset stone in the interior of the tower.
- 9. 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.
- 10. 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.
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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.
- 13. St Andrew, Hampton, Worcestershire, England
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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.
- 14. St Peter, Hinton-on-the-Green, Worcestershire, England
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Parish church The church comprises a medieval W tower and nave, restored and reroofed in the 1860s, and a chancel of 1895. Romanesque sculpture is found in the reset S and N doorways, the former within a later porch and the latter blocked, and on a fragment reset into the interior chancel wall.
- 15. 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.
- 16. 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.
- 17. 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.
- 18. 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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