Little Malvern Priory

The building is a church, originally part of a Benedictine Priory founded in 1171. It largely dates to the 14th century and late 15th century, with some remaining elements from the earlier Norman period. The structure is built of stone and has tile roofs. The present church occupies the crossing tower and chancel of the original priory church, and the ruined north and south transepts and chapels are also visible.

The tower is three-tiered, with angle buttresses and a pyramidal roof. The upper stage is divided into vertical panels with trefoiled heads, and the bell openings are each composed of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil under a pointed head. A two-light window with flowing tracery of early 14th-century design has been re-set within the blocked south crossing arch. A two-bay clerestory exists above the ruined chapels on both sides, featuring late 14th-century windows of three trefoiled lights under a pointed head. A re-set early 14th-century window of three lights with a transom and reticulated tracery under a pointed head is located in the east bay on the south side. The east window is of six transomed lights with a traceried head.

A porch lies to the west of the tower; the northern doorway incorporates a re-set late Norman respond, and a doorway of similar date on the south side once opened into the cloister.

Inside, the porch is separated from the church by a timber plank and muntin screen. The east and west crossing arches are pointed and wave-moulded in two orders, which fade into the responds. The north and south arches are blocked. Blocked arches that previously led into the north and south chapels have capitals carved with scrolls. Blocked doorways with Tudor-arched heads are located to either side of the east window. The roof has a flat plaster ceiling with attached carved timber bosses. A 15th-century chancel screen features openings with pierced trefoiled heads, topped by two bands of carved fruit and foliage. Within the sanctuary there are some medieval floor tiles. Five stalls have carved elbows and mutilated misericords. Fragments of 15th-century glass have been re-set within the east and north windows.