St Thomas

Red tile roofs

vestry infilling the NE angle between aisle and chancel EXTERIOR: The W window is of early C14 style, with three cinquefoiled lights

The S elevation of the nave has late-C14 moulded arch to doorway

N aisle has reused late C14 two-light window, similar to W window on S side of nave

S wall also has a square-headed window of two shouldered lights, probably of C13 date

In the N vestry there is a re-used trefoiled C14 light

There are no traces of the S nave altar, but the remains of a C15 niche on the N of the chancel arch mark the site of a corresponding N altar of the nave

In the wall above the W jamb of the S doorway is a stone corbel, which may have carried a beam supporting a W gallery (removed 1869-70). The font, near the S door, is part of the 1869 restoration and was designed and presented by a Mr Cox of Warblington House

With a square bowl and a central and four angle pillars of C12 style, the angle pillars being of yellow marble, it incorporates a Norman bowl and stem, found in the rectory garden

In the SE angle of the chancel is a C15 cinquefoiled piscina with a stone shelf

A wall monument to the Rev St John Alder, who died in 1864, shows two angels in relief, holding an unfurled banner with the inscription, all in a moulded trefoiled recess

The chancel seems to have been rebuilt in the C13, and probably lengthened about 1360-70

SOURCES: http://www.bedhamptonparish.org.uk/ accessed 08 July 2009 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41945 accessed 08 July 2009 http://www.churchplansonline.org accessed 08 July 2009 Pevsner, Nikolaus & Lloyd, David, 1967, The Buildings of England: Hampshire & the Isle of Wight, pp 98-99 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Church of St Thomas, Bedhampton is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is of special architectural and historic interest for its C12 and later medieval fabric, including a number of C14 traceried windows * The interior is notable for the C12 chancel arch