---
title: "St Mary, Kyre Wyard"
description: "Located in Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire. Built Early 12th century nave and chancel; south chapel early 14th century; bell-turret c.1700; restored c.1833; west porch 1894. Diocese of Worcester. Grade II*. Norman; Decorated chapel style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Worcestershire","Kyre Wyard","Grade II*","Norman","Kyre Park"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-kyre-wyard"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:58:56.228Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T16:06:43.178Z"
location: "Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire"
country: "England"
county: "Worcestershire"
town: "Kyre Wyard"
address: "St Mary church, Kyre Wyard, Worcestershire, WR15 8NR"
postcode: "WR15 8NR"
built: "Early 12th century nave and chancel; south chapel early 14th century; bell-turret c.1700; restored c.1833; west porch 1894"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Worcester"
grade: "II*"
style: "Norman; Decorated chapel"
materials: "Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; tiled nave and chapel roofs, slated chancel"
website: "https://www.temevalleysouth.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Fridays 2pm to 4pm."
parish: "Kyre"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1179365"
gridReference: "SO 626 635"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Mary, Kyre Wyard

St Mary’s is the Grade II* parish church of Kyre (Kyre Wyard), Worcestershire, a small Norman church beside Kyre Park, in the Diocese of Worcester.

## Overview

The nave and chancel date from the early twelfth century and are built out of line, the chancel inclining to the north. An early fourteenth-century south chapel was added when the roofs were replaced and eastern buttresses built. The listing records sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, fourteenth-century collar-rafter roofs, a twelfth-century circular font, and a timber bell-turret of about 1700 over the west end of the chapel. The original chancel arch was widened in 1833; a timber-framed west porch was added in 1894. A nineteenth-century cloister links the church to Kyre Park house.

Interior fittings include sixteenth-century oak pews, a seventeenth-century altar table, altar rails of about 1750, and Pytts family monuments in the chancel. Fourteenth-century wall painting survives on a chapel window jamb. The church was listed Grade II* on 18 April 1966 (NHLE 1179365).

## Further Information

- [Teme Valley South](https://www.temevalleysouth.org.uk/)
- [Historic England list entry 1179365](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1179365)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Kyre)
- [Victoria County History: Kyre Wyard](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp279-285)