Editing Kidderminster (section)

==Architecture and landmarks==
[[File:St John the Baptist Church, Kidderminster - geograph.org.uk - 499492.jpg|thumb|St John the Baptist's Church (Church of England), built in 1843]]
Kidderminster's parish church of [[St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster|St Mary and All Saints']] is a [[grade I listed]] building dating mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints|num=1100050|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Another notable church is [[St John's Church, Kidderminster|St John's Church]], which is grade II listed, and dates from 1843.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of St John the Baptist|num=1391383|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Other listed buildings of note in the town include the [[Kidderminster Town Hall|Town Hall]] of 1877. [[The Shrubbery, Kidderminster|The Shrubbery]], a 19th-century mansion, and the [[Kidderminster Register Office]]. Many of Kidderminster's historic buildings were lost from the 1960s onwards, this led to the creation of the Kidderminster Civic Society in 1993 to promote preservation of the town's heritage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Buildings and Streets |url=http://kidderminstercivicsociety.btck.co.uk/SELECTEDHISTORICBUILDINGANDSTREETS |publisher=Kidderminster Civic Society |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Slingfield Mill on Weavers Wharf in Kidderminster, Worcestershire - geograph.org.uk - 3986264.jpg|thumb|The former Slingfield Mill]]
There are some former factory buildings of note in Kidderminster, which have mostly been converted to other uses. A notable one is the former Slingfield Mill, dating from 1864 to 1870, which is grade II listed, and has been converted for retail use.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=SLINGFIELD MILLS, MAIN BLOCK |num=1348613 |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>

In the 1968 ''[[Buildings of England]]'' volume on Worcestershire, [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] described the town as: "uncommonly devoid of visual pleasure and architectural interest."{{sfn|Pevsner 1968|p=203}} Crown House, an early 1970s office block was particularly criticised, and was once rated among the top 10 ugliest buildings in Britain. Demolition was completed in April 2020, improving the Kidderminster skyline.<ref>{{cite news |title=Demolition of Kidderminster eyesore Crown House completed |url=https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/18364755.demolition-kidderminster-eyesore-crown-house-completed/ |work=Kidderminster Shuttle |access-date=21 June 2020 |date=7 April 2020}}</ref> In the 2007 revision of this volume, Alan Brooks wrote: "the 19th century mill buildings, together with the churches, provide most of the architectural interest in a town otherwise uncommonly lacking in visual pleasures."{{sfn|Brooks & Pevsner 2007|p=395}}