The attached churchyard contains the grave of the composer Edward Elgar and of his wife, Alice.

[1] After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was reduced to the chancel and tower, and other elements were converted and reused in the construction of Little Malvern Court.

[3] Staunchly recusant, the Beringtons supported a Catholic congregation at Little Malvern and in 1860 engaged the architect Benjamin Bucknall to construct a new church.

The church had been the Elgars' regular place of worship during their time at Craeg Lea, their home at Malvern Wells.

[12] The church is constructed of local Malvern rubble with ashlar stone dressings.