---
title: "St Mary, Ripple"
description: "Located in Ripple, Worcestershire. Built Late C12 to C13; crossing tower C15, top rebuilt 1713, balustrade 1797. Diocese of Worcester. Grade I. Transitional Norman to Early English; Perpendicular tower style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Worcestershire","Ripple","Grade I","Norman","Early English","Perpendicular","C E Kempe"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-ripple"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:34:52.568Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:31:23.762Z"
location: "Ripple, Worcestershire"
country: "England"
county: "Worcestershire"
town: "Ripple"
address: "The Cross, Ripple, Worcestershire, GL20 6HA"
postcode: "GL20 6HA"
built: "Late C12 to C13; crossing tower C15, top rebuilt 1713, balustrade 1797"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Worcester"
grade: "I"
style: "Transitional Norman to Early English; Perpendicular tower"
materials: "Stone; red sandstone chancel windows"
website: "http://www.hopechurchfamily.org/locations/st-marys-church-ripple/"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Ripple"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1349090"
gridReference: "SO 876 377"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Mary, Ripple

St Mary's is a Grade I parish church at The Cross, Ripple, Worcestershire, in the Diocese of Worcester.

## Overview

Historic England records a late twelfth- to thirteenth-century stone church of nave, aisles, transepts, crossing tower and chancel. The six-bay nave of about 1200 has a clerestory and renewed quatrefoil piers. East, north and south doors have stiff-leaf capitals. The west window is Perpendicular. Early thirteenth-century keeled east and west crossing arches have stiff-leaf carving. The crossing tower is fifteenth-century, rebuilt at the top in 1713 with a balustrade of 1797. The late thirteenth-century chancel has red sandstone three-light windows with moulded rear arches and a Perpendicular east window.

Exceptional fifteenth-century stalls have sixteen carved misericords. A tablet to the Revd J. Holte dated 1734 is by Thomas White. The east window of 1908 is by H. W. Bryans; the west window of 1885 is by C. E. Kempe. Jacobean communion rails survive.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1349090](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1349090)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Mary, Ripple](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101349090-church-of-st-mary-ripple)