| Overton,
Hampshire - St Mary Church
Click photos to enlarge.
Notes in italics from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Nikolaus Pevsner
and David Lloyd (1967)
Yale University Press, New Haven and London. |
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Externally all is Victorian,
the ashlar W tower (rebuilt in 1909) and the flint nave and chancel.
Medieval is no more than the N aisle W lancet, re-set, a chancel N window
with plate tracery, and parts of two minor doorways (not
shown). |
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The modern but well-harmonising
church rooms date from 1998. The large churchyard affords high, open
views. |
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Internally there is more to
keep one occupied. Three-bay N and S arcades of c.1200. Round piers,
square but chamfered abaci, multi-scalloped capitals, pointed
single-chamfered arches. |
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Base of
piers. View from pulpit. North aisle looking east. |
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The next element in terms of
chronology, is the chancel: mid C13 according to the plate tracery. The
single-frame roof with tie-beams may well be contemporary. The chancel
was lengthened c.1500 (church guide).
View from chancel through the nave to the west tower. |
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The W tower is c.1500, and so
are the W bays of the two arcades, built to connect the old nave with the
new tower. Only the typically Dec arch from the tower to the S was re-set.
Where was it originally? |
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The door of the south entrance
may date from about 1350-1400 (according to the church guide). The door is
unusual in that it folds in the middle. |
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Map |
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