Church Of St Mary Magdalene

SO 75 SW ALFRICK CP -

3/1 Church of St Mary 29.7.59 Magdalene

GV II*

Parish church. Late C12 nave and chancel; north transept and vestry added in 1885 by Aston Webb. Rubble stone with tiled roof, shingled timber-framed belfry and timber-framed south porch with tiled roof. Nave has 3 Norman windows at west end on north, west and south walls, a cusped lancet to the north and south walls and 2 Perpendicular 2- light windows in the south wall flanking the porch; the window right of the porch is a C19 copy. Chancel has a cusped lancet and a Decorated 2-light window in the south wall and a Decorated 3-light east window. North transept has a 3-light Perpendicular window in the north wall. Vestry has a 3-light Perpendicular window in the east wall. Porch has C19 Perpendicular carved infill decoration. Belfry has wooden sundial on south face inscribed "On this moment hangs eternity", and a golden cockerel weathervane. Interior; nave has C15 timber roof; simple Norman font; early C17 altar table and altar rails with turned balusters now moved to north transept; Jacobean screen with late C19 applied decoration; piscina in south chancel wall; remnant of Norman sculpture preserved in north transept wall; Flemish glass incorporated in some windows. Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892.

Listing NGR: SO7484552974