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St Mary

Kingsclere

Hampshire

Church of St Mary II* C12, C13, C15, with a substantial new construction and restoration by Hellyer and Ryde of 1848

Architectural Features

On the site of a Saxon minister, a large cruciform Norman church, with a central tower, and a later south chapel

the details are 'Norman', with earlier fragments incorporated in the north door (now filled). The west door has recessed stages with moulded arches on columns, the south chapel has Perpendicular windows and stepped buttresses, the east window having 'Geometrical' tracery

The inside is severaly plain, with deeply-splayed 'Norman' lights to the nave, and an Early English arcade between the chancel and south chapel, having moulded caps

The table-top Purbeck font is C12 (with a modern base), the pulpit is Jacobean, and the candelabra at the crossing is dated 1713

The chapel contains brasses of 1503, 1519 and 1580, as well as a number of C18 and early C19 wall monuments

The south transept has a donations board of 1830, and the tomb monument to Sir Henry Kingsmill (died 1620), and his wife Bridget (died 1672)

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