Historic Churches in Warwickshire

A lovely Norman church, featuring fine woodwork by the Thompson of Kilburn company (the Mouse Man). There is a 14th-century font and an elaborate 1750 tomb to James Sansom just outside the porch.
Valenders Lane, Ilmington, Warwickshire, England, CV36 4LJ

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Heritage Highlight: Norman west tower
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Nikolaus Pevsner, in his 2003 book 'The Buildings of Britain', called St Mary's church in Lapworth 'A splendid looking church'. He was right. The first stone church here dates to the first part of the 12th century, though there may have been an earlier wooden church here in the Saxon period.
Church Lane, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, B94 5NX

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual detached bell tower
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A largely 13th-century church where St Augustine is said to have preached. The church features some excellent 15th-century corbel heads with head-dresses, a 15th-century chantry chapel, and 13th-century aisles and chancel arch.
Long Compton, Cotswolds, Warwickshire, England

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The 'Cathedral of the Feldon' is a late 14th-century building with a striking 120 foot high 15th-century tower. There is a worn 15th-century effigy of a vicar, a 14th-century font, and amusing 14th-century corbel heads.
High Street, Lower Brailes, Warwickshire, England, OX15 5HT

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Heritage Highlight: 14th century font and nave corbels
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A 12th-century church with two Norman doorways, a beautifully carved Norman font depicting Adam and Eve, and a 13th-century chancel arch. A 16th century Maidens' Wreath is preserved in the nave and there is a fascinating grave to an early 18th-century slave in the churchyard.
Church Lane, Oxhill, Warwickshire, England, CV35 0QZ

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Norman south doorway
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St Giles church stands in a wooded glade, about a half mile north of the National Trust manor of Packwood House. The woodland should not be a surprise, for Packwood is part of that vast ancient woodland known as the Forest of Arden. We do not know when the first church was built here, but it may have been the late Saxon period.
Glasshouse Lane, off Packwood Road Packwood, Warwickshire, England, B94 6PU

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century Doom wall painting
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A medieval church remodelled in the mid-18th century for the West family of Alscot Park. St Mary's is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival style in England, a triumph of 18th-century architecture in a medieval; setting. In the chancel is a superb 1624 memorial to Sir Nicholas Kemp and his two wives.
Preston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England, CV37 8NQ

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Heritage Highlight: Excellent early example of Gothic Revival style
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The attractive church of St Mary's, in the north Warwickshire village of Stoneleigh, stands on low ground near the peaceful River Sowe near its junction with the River Avon. The church is built of red sandstone and is largely Norman.
Church Lane, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Beautifully carved Norman chancel arch and north door
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The Church of the Holy Trinity stands on the bank of the River Avon, on the eastern edge of Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1331 John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, established a chantry chapel here on the site of an earlier Saxon church. Shortly after the chantry was founded a college of priests was established to serve it. When the college was dissolved during the English Reformation the church was converted to serve the parish of Stratford. The spire was rebuilt in 1736 and the entire building was restored in the late 19th century. Holy Trinity's claim to fame is that Stratford native William Shakespeare is buried here, but the church is worth visiting in its own right. The medieval choir stalls boast excellent misericords, carved with likenesses of unicorns, mermaids and mermen, and scenes from daily life.
Holy Trinity Church Parish office, Old Town Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 9BG

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Heritage Highlight: Tomb of William Shakespeare
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There has been a church at Tredington since at least 961 AD, and Saxon arches can be seen built into the later medieval walls. There are 3 medieval brasses, and an ornate Jacobean pulpit and tester, plus a Norman doorway.
Mill Lane, Tredington, Warwickshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon stonework in the nave
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