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St Bartholomew

Haslemere, Surrey

Tower probably C13, remainder mostly a rebuilding by J. W. Penfold in Early English style

Architectural Features

W tower, probably C13

The S side of the chancel has 2 pairs of lancets and 2 probably late C19 gabled roof dormers of a domestic character with carved bargeboards and pairs of trefoil-headed timber windows

Conventional brass and timber sanctuary rail

encaustic tiles to the chancel floor

Late C19 or early C20 polygonal timber pulpit with linenfold panelled sides

Unusual 1870 polychromatic marble font with a deep moulded bowl on a short shaft with a carved capital and taller corner shafts with capitals

Gothic organ case incorporates a fine and unusual c.1900 Morris and Co tapestry of angel musicians

Panels of probably C17 Flemish glass leaded into the W window of the N aisle

Tennyson memorial window illustrating the Holy Grail by Morris and Co., designed Burne-Jones, 'dedicated by some friends and neighbours in Haslemere'. Many other C19 stained glass windows, some, including S chancel windows, of very good quality

Enormous alabaster wall monument to James Stewart Hodgson, d. 1899, in the chancel with 3 female figures carved in relief, signed P Cockerell and A Fabrucci

St Bartholomew's, Waverley retains its probably C13 west tower, but it was substantially rebuilt in 1871 in the Early English style by J. W. Penfold

It has a number of interesting internal features including its good open crown post roof to the nave, a polychromatic font of 1870 and of greatest interest, a Tennyson memorial window designed by Burne-Jones and a fine tapestry on the organ chest depicting angel musicians by Morris and Co

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