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The church, built of red sandstone, consists of a nave with N aisle, a chancel ofc.1200, a S porch and a W tower. There was a drastic restoration in 1886 when a neo-Norman porch with doorway and an outside stairway with intersecting arcade was added. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S nave doorway, now within the 19thc. porch.
In 1086, the manor of Grimley belonged to the monastery of Worcester, and was confirmed to the monks by Bishop Simon in 1148. The church was a chapel of Worcester Priory.
The doorway is set in a projection, as at Stoulton, Eastham, Knighton and Martley (Pevsner 1968, 174). See Preface to Worcestershire.