nave and chancel with an ornamental bell-turret at the gable end. The sandstone for the church was quarried from the grounds of Hagley Hall, the residence of the Lyttelton lords of the manor at the time. In 1865 two Sunday morning services were held to accommodate the growing population and in the following year a rooftop wooden bell-tower was added (later renewed in 1915 at the same time as a new aisle and vestry were built). A school associated with the church was first housed in a tin hut in the churchyard, replaced in 1885 with a brick building which now functions as a nursery school. The new primary school occupies modern buildings on a site adjacent to the churchyard. Among the 20th century houses in the area, Knoll Hill along the Belbroughton road is notable for having been the former home of the show jumping champion Dawn Wofford. Above the Kidderminster Road, Harborough Hill House was built in 1925; the much larger and more secluded Wannerton House dates from 1924 and is accessed by a private drive leading off Churchill Lane. And along New Wood Lane is a newly restored Art Deco house, known as Blakedown Rough when it was first built in 1934. Bibliography Adopted Local Heritage List, Parish of Churchill and Blakedown, Wyre Forest District Council 10 July 2012 Blakedown Church History Book, compiled by Frederick William Young (1875-1966) Buildings of England series (Alan Brooks and Nicolaus Pevsner), Worcestershire, Yale University Press, 2007 Churchill and Blakedown Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2026, Wyre Forest District Council A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3 (London, 1913), pp. 130-136, Parishes: Hagley, British History Online Walk Around Blakedown, Hagley Historical and Field Society, 2003 References External links Village News Villages in Worcestershire