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Description: | The church was built in 1620 to serve the parish of St Mary Extra on the east side of the River Itchen. The original building was a singular rectangle, enlarged in the early nineteenth century as Southampton expanded eastwards. Brannon's print shows the south transept and west porch added in 1822 and a north aisle built in 1846. The 1822 additions are in smooth ashlar with flat-headed neo-Tudor windows (as can be seen in the porch). The other alterations are in the neo-Decorated style.
Brannon, ever watchful for the picturesque, noted that the scene "is beautifully embowered by ancient oak and yew."
References:
1. Brannon, Philip. [1850]. The Picture of Southampton, p. 46 and plate 26.
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus and David Lloyd. 1967. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England series, p. 592-593. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | building Pear Tree Green church tree oak Jesus Chapel St Mary Extra yew | Temporal: | start=1845-01-01; end=1850-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Philip Brannon | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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