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St Giles, Little Malvern, Worcestershire

Location
(52°3′41″N, 2°20′12″W)
Little Malvern
SO 770 404
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Worcestershire
now Worcestershire
medieval Worcester
now Worcester
  • G. L. Pearson

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Description

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.

History

The Benedictine priory of Little Malvern was founded from Worcester, in 1171 (VCH). It was a small monastery, with only some 10 to 12 monks.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous

Interior Features

Interior Decoration

Miscellaneous

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

The respond could have come from an aisle doorway, and the fragment set into the N wall from a string course.

Bibliography
The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Worcestershire, vol.II. London 1906, 143-47; vol.III, London 1913, 450-53, 451-52.
N.Pevsner, The Buildings of England. Worcestershire. Harmondsworth 1968, 214.
Little Malvern Priory guide.