Parish Church is a Grade I listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- western-chamber-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The parish church, largely of the mid-12th century, was altered and extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a tile roof and comprises a west tower, nave, lower chancel, north vestry, and north porch.
The 15th-century tower has diagonal buttresses and a pyramidal roof set back behind a parapet. The bell openings are of two trefoiled lights beneath a pointed head; the south opening is blocked. The west window has two cinquefoiled lights with tracery. The north wall of the nave has a window of two trefoiled lights under a pointed head with quatrefoil, located to the west of the porch. The doorway, situated under an open timber-framed porch, has a round arch with chevron moulding, and angle shafts with scalloped capitals. The south wall of the nave is of two bays and incorporates windows of two trefoiled ogee lights under a pointed head. The western window is a 19th-century copy. A doorway with a plain round arch sits between the windows. The vestry adjoins the north wall of the chancel, under a lean-to roof. The east window has two trefoiled ogee lights, with tracery renewed in the 19th century. The south wall of the chancel has a window of two trefoiled lights with a flat head, also renewed in the 19th century.
Inside, the nave roof is plastered with three moulded tie beams. The pointed tower arch is chamfered in two orders and has moulded imposts. The chancel arch is pointed and largely plain, although some stones with 12th-century decoration suggest reconstruction. The jambs of the arch have angle shafts on the west side with scalloped capitals. An exposed fragment of wall painting is visible on the nave wall above and to the left of the chancel arch. A piscina has a triangular head. The 17th-century communion rails have turned balusters and a carved rail. The pews incorporate linenfold panels. The font is plain, circular, and sits on a circular base. Painted boards depicting the Creed and the Lord's Prayer are attached to the nave walls. Tile depictions of the Ten Commandments, displaying the names of churchwardens from 1851, are located below the tower.
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