Aston Cantlow - St John the Baptist Church
Chancel, nave and tower date from late in the C13.
Church
Caloplaca flavescen
Candelariella vitellina
Lecanora albescens
Porpidia tuberculosa
Psilolechia lucida
Great Alne - St Mary Magdalen Church
The story of St Mary’s goes back to Saxon times. The original church building probably suffered during William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North activities, and consequently became a rectory in the patronage of the Treasurer of York Cathedral (who also was Lord of Alne). Hence the current church is primarily of the Norman period, with alterations and additions over the centuries.
Church
Belonia nidarosiensis
Lecanora muralis - Close up
Psilolechia lucida
Verrucaria nigrescens
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera
Haeslor - St Mary and All Saints Church
Apparently of C12 origin. Chancel rebuilt early C13, with a N chapel which was subsequently destroyed. Before the mid C14 a S transeptal chapel was added to the chancel and the S aisle widened. Bell chamber tower added 1622. The church was restored in 1883 and 1892.
Aspicilia calcarea
Lecanora horiza - Close up 2
Placynthium nigrum
Xanthoria calcicola
Kinwarton - St Mary the Virgin Church
A Grade II* listed building largely rebuilt c.1316 ; turret C16 or C17. Restored 1850. Limestone and lias, rubble and irregular coursed stone. Old tile roofs; weatherboarded turret with pyramid shingle roof.
Church
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium
Lecanora hybocarpa (L. chlarotera agg.)
Phlyctis argena
Verrucaria nigrescens
Spernall - Former St Leonards Church
St Leonards Church is a redundant church in Spernall, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
Church
Casper the friendly ghost or possible Rhizocarpon reductum but not confirmed
Xanthoria calcicola
Xanthoria calcicola - Close up
Studley - Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Church
Grade 2 listed Church C12 and C13 Regular coursed lias with limestone dressings and irregular quoins. Mentioned in the Doomsday Book so there may have been a wooden Saxon church on the site of the present Norman stone church founded around 1105.
The church was restored in 1888 and again in 1935, when the 12th century window in the north wall was discovered. The current Restoration began in 1990. So far the tower and all roofs have been renewed.
Church
Acarospora fuscata
Belonia nidarosiensis
Candelariella vitellina
Cladonia chlorophaea agg.
Lecanora albescens
Melanelixia fuliginosa
Psilolechia lucida
Rhizocarpon reductum with Porpidia tuberculosa
Tephromela atra
Verrucaria nigrescens
Weethley - St James Church
Lias ashlar with limestone dressings and tile roof built in 1857 late C13 style.
Church
Diploicia canescens
Lecanora albescens
Lecanora campestri
Lecanora polytropa
Protoblastenia rupestris
Rhizocarpon reductum & Candelariella vitellina on left
Tephromela atra
Unverified possible Verrucaria hochstetteri (needs microscope examination)
Verrucaria macrostoma f.macrostoma
Wixford - St Milburga Church
Romanesque origin 13th century with 14th century extension to nave and chancel. Chapel added in c1410 containing brass topped monument. Victorianised in c1880 with tower and spire added.
Church
Aspicilia calcarea
Caloplaca flavescens
Diploicia canescens on gravestone
Haematomma ochroleucum
Lecanora campestris
Protoblastenia rupestris
Psilolechia lucida
Scytinium plicatile
Verrucaria nigrescens
Verrucaria viridula