Cruciform plan with C12 nave
chancel transepts and tower rebuilt in C13
South aisle added C15
C15 two-light clerestory windows replacing original
South aisle of 2 bays incorporating some Roman brick, 3-light windows with pointed segmental heads
Late C15 square-headed door at west end of south wall
North wall of nave has, beyond west end, lower section of elaborate late C12 doorway, with 4 shafts and early stiff leaf foliage capitals on internal side
Three blocked C12 clerestory windows over
C12 pier for a north nave opening excavated in wall
possibly a pre- Norman shaft base
Credence table on south side supported on corbels in form of angels holding shields inscribed DED, from east window, reset C19
East end panelled with marble divided by strips of red, blue and yellow tiles, hidden
Transepts have C16 plaster vaults with moulded timber members
angels at junction of ribs with wall plates
C13 arch to east chapel in north transept
This chapel, the Jesus Chapel, has C13 quadripartite vault of ribs on stiff leaf capitals
Fittings: Font: In south aisle
C12 Purbeck marble
reset on C15 arcaded lime- stone base
Pulpit, C19 oak on stone base
Second font at west end a truncated octagonal shaft with string and triangular fillets to square base
Furniture: Small C17 chest in chancel
glass case containing fragments of a fine Anglo Saxon double wheel headed cross carved on face and edge with a double strand interlace
fragment of a second cross (?). Glass: North West chancel window contains C14 grisaille work
upper part of a fine C15 Queen of Heaven in an architectural frame
Early C20 glass in 2 south lancets
Monuments: In chancel: Eleven wall monuments
including (a) A Delft tile on marble inscribed to Lucretia Corfe
(b) Carved moulded panel to John Thurloe, etc erected 1683
(c) An alabaster aedicule to George Blake, died 1909, and various late C19 and C20 marble and gilt monuments to the Antrobus family
One marble Fowle monument of 1916
South Transept: Two war memorials and three C19 brasses, (a) By Osmund, white marble sarcophagus on black, to Elizabeth Ouseley and Susan Palmer, children killed at Lucknow, 1857
Brass: In nave, dexter black, motto DEI MEMOR GRATUS AMICI, for Sir Edmund Antrobus, died 1870
C15, with twin drums, the original verge and foliate escapement replaced
becoming an important late Anglo Saxon nunnery
centre for a school of manuscript illumination (c.f. Amesbury Psalter, mid C13). The precise position and layout of the monastic house is not known. (Pevsner: Buildings of England
Cruciform plan with C12 nave
chancel transepts and tower rebuilt in C13
South aisle added C15
C15 two-light clerestory windows replacing original
South aisle of 2 bays incorporating some Roman brick, 3-light windows with pointed segmental heads
Late C15 square headed door at west end of south wall
North wall of nave has, beyond east end, lower section of elaborate late C12 doorway, with 4 shafts and early stiff leaf foliage capitals on internal side
Three blocked C12 clerestory windows over
C12 pier for a north nave opening excavated in wall
possibly a pre-Norman shaft base
Credence table on south side supported on corbels in form of angels holding shields inscribed DD, from east window, reset C19
East end panelled with marble divided by strips of red, blue and yellow tiles, hidden
Transepts have C16 plaster vaults with moulded timber members
angels at junction of ribs with wall plates
C13 arch to east chapel in north transept
This chapel, the Jesus Chapel, has C13 quadripartite vault of ribs on stiff leaf capitals
Fittings: Font: In south aisle
C12 Purbeck marble
reset on C15 arcaded limestone base
Pulpit, Cl9 oak on stone base
Second font at west end a truncated octagonal shaft with string and triangular fillets to square base
Furniture: Small C17 chest in chancel
Fine late C16 table on thick twisted balusters, in south transept
glass case containing fragments of a fine Anglo Saxon double wheel headed cross carved on face and edge with a double strand interlace
fragment of a second cross (?). Glass: North nave window contains C14 grisaille work
upper part of a fine C15 Queen of Heaven in an architectural frame
Early C20 glass in 2 south lancets
Monuments: In chancel: eleven wall monuments
including (a) A Delft tile on marble inscribed to Lucretia Corfe
(b) Carved moulded panel to John Thurloe, etc erected 1683
(c) An alabaster aedicule to George Blake, died 1909, and various late C19 and C20 marble and gilt monuments to the Antrobus family
One marble Fowle monument of 1916
South Transept: Two war memorials and three C19 brasses, (a) By Osmund, white marble sarcophagus on black, to Elizabeth Ouseley and Susan Palmer, children killed at Lucknow, 1857
Brass: In chancel a small brass to Edithe Matyn 1470
Hatchment: In nave, dexter black, motto DEI MEMOR GRATUS AMICI, for Sir Edmund Antrobus, died 1870
C15, with twin drums, the original verge and foliate escapement replaced
becoming an important late Anglo Saxon nunnery
centre for a school of manuscript illumination (c.f. Amesbury Psalter, mid C13). The precise position and layout of the monastic house is not known.