Church Of St Edmund (Roman Catholic)

The Church of St Edmund is a Roman Catholic church built in 1889 by J W Lunn of Great Malvern. It is constructed of red brick in English bond with stone dressings and features double Roman clay tile roofs with stone coped gables. The church has a nave, five-bay north and south aisles, a transeptal lady chapel, and a sacristy. Although a tower on the south side and a transept on the north side were planned, they were not built.

The exterior showcases a large rose window with intricate Decorated tracery at the east (liturgical west) end, along with a canopied Crucifix above and a moulded pointed arch doorway below, flanked by large buttresses. The north and south aisles feature 2-light windows with reticulated tracery and a clerestory above with 3-light curvilinear tracery windows. There is a bellcote on the south side and a short gabled transept (Lady Chapel) on the north side with a 5-light window set in a large arch. The west (liturgical east) end has a small rose window in the gable of the chancel.

Inside, the church has plastered walls with stone arcades, a chancel arch, and rear arches. The five-bay north and south arcades have octagonal piers with moulded capitals and double-chamfered pointed arches. The tall narrow chancel/lady chapel arcade consists of two bays, and the large moulded chancel arch features corbelled shafts. The nave boasts a 10-bay arch-braced crown-post roof with three tiers of wind-braces, while the chancel has a 4-bay arch-braced roof.

Notable interior features include an ornate carved stone reredos with canopied niches, spires, and pinnacles; the sanctuary has been reordered with the altar brought forward. The lady chapel contains a carved stone Gothic reredos and an iron and brass Communion rail, along with a timber lady chapel/chancel screen. There are 19th-century benches and a 20th-century organ installed at the east (liturgical west) end.