As the name implies. this church used to be a Benedictine monastery from 1075 until 1540. After the Dissolution of the monastery, the local residents of Great Malvern bought the building to replace their own parish church which had fallen into disrepair. The Priory itself was in a bad condition by the late 18th century but was restored in the early 19th.
The oldest parts of the church date from 1085 though much of the current church is 15th century. The original Norman church was extended in the Perpendicular style in the second half of the 15th century. The large square tower is similar to the one at Gloucester cathedral (and indeed was built by the same masons).
