Church of St Swithin
CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1350461
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Swithin
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, LONDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1350461
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Swithin
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, LONDON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Winchester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Headbourne Worthy
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 48740 31991
Details
SU 43 SE HEADBOURNE WORTHY LONDON ROAD
6/22 Church of St Swithin
5.12.55 I
Parish church. Early C11, C13, C14, C15 restored c,1865-6 by G. E.Street. Rubble flint with stone dressings, partly rendered, old plain tile roof. Saxon church of chancel and nave with on the outer W wall great sculptured rood, C13 SW tower, C13 and C14 repairs, C15 annexe built on at W (Pevsner suggests this is C11), C19 S porch and N chancel wall. Chancel has plinth, Saxon long and short quoins and to S a lesene. E window C19 3-light trefoiled perp, to S in centre high-up C19 lancet and to W restored C14 2-light trefoiled and transomed window, to N organ recess. Nave has long and short quoins and to N 3 reset lesenes, to S C15 E and E central stepped buttresses, tower to W and W central porch against it, 2 high set perp 2-light cinquefoiled windows mainly C19, to N C19 E flying buttress, in centre 2 C15 stepped buttresses, to E C13 trefoiled lancet, in centre C15 2-light cinquefoiled window, to W C19 perp window. Tower low with hip on E face middle stage and weatherboarded top stage, hipped roof, W face has buttresses and C13 lancet with similar restored C19 above. On E built against tower gabled stone porch with moulded pointed arch, and in porch is 4-centred recess with carved spandrels. W annexe has plinth and long and short quoins, to S small rectangular light with at top of wall C15 3-light 4-centred square headed window with similar to N and 4-centred W door. Inside chancel SE window has widely splayed rear arch, below sedillia separated by mullions with later segmental heads, square headed piscina recess with shelf, in lilt brass 1434 to John Kent. C19 barrel-vaulted roof. C19 rounded headed chancel arch of 2 moulded orders with C19 timber screen below. Nave has widely splayed opening to N windows, in SE is C13 piscina muc defaced, S door C13 pointed arch with C19 inner trefoiled order and double shamfered hambs. SW door to tower has 4-centred head. W wall all Saxon with original semi-circular arch with imposts and to W projecting architrave around opening and old studded door. Font is circular with moulded bowl and base rect. Pulpit of uncertain date has carved timber open tracery. Roof is C15 barrel vault with 3 moulded purlin purlins inside barrel and moulded arch braces between bays with bosses at crossings. W annexe once was 2 floors. Above door life-size rood in relief: Christ, the Virgin and St John, Hand of God above, defaced. 20 medieval tiles. Slabs: 1686 Rev Robert Fishwick, 1757 Jane Pyle, 1774 Ambrose Pyle: benefactors board, arch braced roof. VCH; 1911; Vol 4; p 428-30. 'Buildings of England'; N Pevsner; Penguin, 1966, p 285-6.
Listing NGR: SU4857932084
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 145588
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1911), 428-430
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 285-286
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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