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Description: | Called by Nikolaus Pevsner "one of the most thrilling village churches in Hampshire", lying under a perfect South Downs hill. It lies so close to the hill that there is no north aisle. A cruciform church, commanded by a Norman tower of about 1150. The tower is ashlar-faced, with nook-shafts at the angles, and on each side three bell-openings, richly shafted. All is topped by a lead-covered broach spire. Looking towards the east, the Norman west doorway and the early-thirteenth century west window show well. At the time of the illustration, the north transept was used as a Sunday and day-school for the neighbourhood.
The text accompanying the engraving comments on the spacious churchyard, which "from its extent, and from the fineness of its mould, seems peculiarly suited to the mournful purposes to which it is devoted. It is kept tolerably free from nuisances, and abused only by one foot-path."
The Court House lies to the right of the church. It was built about 1400 or a little later by the Bishop of Winchester.
References:
1. Pevsner, Nikolaus and David Lloyd. 1967. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England series, p.199-200.
2. Gentleman's Magazine, volume 89, part 2, October 1819, p. 297-301. | 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: | All Saints building school church churchyard Court House East Meon graveyard | Temporal: | start=1816-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | C Walters; I Barnett | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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