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St Mary

Kempsey

Worcestershire

C13, with C12 remains, C14

Architectural Features

C15 additions and alterations, and C19 restoration.

The west tower, rebuilt in the later C15, is of three stages with diagonal buttresses and embattled parapet with corner pinnacles.

The north wall of the chancel is of three bays separated by buttresses and has C13 windows of two lancet lights within an outer pointed arch.

In the east wall of the south transept is a C13 piscina with trefoiled head.

To the east are C13 triple sedilia and a piscina, moulded with trefoiled heads.

Monuments under the tower include one to Elizabeth Eaton with sarcophagus and urn, by Stephens of Worcester.

Re-set in window on the north and south sides of the chancel are fragments of C14 glass.