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St Mary the Blessed Virgin

St Mary The Blessed Virgin

Hartley Wespall

Hampshire

Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin I C14, 'restored' 1868 by Sir Gilbert Scott

Architectural Features

Tile roof

Above the eaves level the tower is tile-hung (on framework re-used from the old west tower) with a slatted bell cage and a shingled broach spire

Inside, there is a wall monument of 1692, a Jacobean pulpit (from the earlier church) and 2 floor slabs containing fragments of brass inlays (one of 1448). Grade I for importance of the mediaeval timber-framing.