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All Saints

All Saints

Old Burghclere

Hampshire

Church of All Saints 16.5.66 I Circa 1100, 1200, 1400, C17, restored 1861

Architectural Features

Aisleless Norman nave, extended westwards in Early English style, with a north transept of circa 1400, Early English chancel, C17 bell turret at the west end

Plain tile roofing, pyramid roof to the bell-turret,which has boarded sides

There is a pointed arch to the priest's door, and the north and south Norman doors of the nave remain (though blocked) with scalloped tympanum on the south and a recessed order on detached columns on the north side

The fittings are Victorian except for bench pews of the C16

There is a large classical monument in the chancel (to Anne Eyre, 1748), a wall monument in the nave of 1759, several tomb slabs of the C17 and early C18 period, and two hatchments above the chancel arch