Alcester
Alcester is a market town and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne as well as River Arrow in Warwickshire, England, approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and also 8 miles south of Redditch, near the Worcestershire border. The 2011 demographics taped a population of 6,273. Today the town includes design from the Middle ages, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian and 20th century. The oldest residence appears to be The Old Malthouse at the edge of Church Road and Malt Mill Lane, which most likely dates from about 1500. The clock on St Nicholas Church (Grade 2 *) remains in an unusual setting on the south-west edge of the 14th-century tower, making it visible from the High Street. The church additionally houses the tomb of Fulke Greville, grandpa of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke. The church's Georgian nave with Doric columns as well as plastered ceiling is thought to have been designed by Francis Smith of Warwick, supervisor of its restore by Woodward siblings of Chipping Camden in 1729.