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Description: | An engraving of the church based on architect's plans and published to coincide with the opening of the church in 1845. The architect was Benjamin Ferrey, who became one of the favourite church architects of the Ecclesiological Society and was responsible shortly afterwards for St Stephen's, Westminster (the church in the crypt of the Houses of Parliament). He had been a fellow pupil of A W N Pugin.
The church is in the Decorated style. It is historically accurate in its archaeological detail, making it a very early example of this type: although not as 'modern' as the Gothic revival work of Owen Browne Carter at Ampfield.
The building is of flint and stone, with a few stones from the previous church on the site reused. It consists of chancel, north vestry, nave and south-west tower, the lower stage of which forms the porch. The tower has an octagonal upper stage and a stone spire. | 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 Gothic Revival church A W N Pugin St Stephen Benjamin Ferrey Ecclesiological Society | Temporal: | start=1843-01-01; end=1845-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | G Hawkins, Day and Haghe | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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