St James the Great

The church consists of a chancel, north vestry, nave, south aisle, south porch and western tower. Half the existing north wall is early Norman and the original north doorway can now be seen from the adjoining Beechill Room. Of note are the various Stevens burial slabs in the east end. The lancet window to the west of the north doorway and Font are both circa 1220 and the bell tower circa 1370.

St James acted as Garriison Church of the Worcestershire Regiment between 1881 and 1962 and houses several Battalion Colours. The churchyard contains the graves of several old Worcestershire Regiment men who died while serving at the depot or who settled in the area on completion of their service. The massive Childers Monument south of the porch was erected in 1877 by the Right Hon Hugh Childers PC, MP as a memorial to his wife Emily (1827-75).