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St Swithin

St Swithin

Kings Worthy

Hampshire

Early C11, C13, C14, C15 restored c,1865-6 by G. E.Street

Architectural Features

Rubble flint with stone dressings, partly rendered, old plain tile roof

Saxon church of chancel and nave with on the outer W wall great sculptured rood, C13 SW tower, C13 and C14 repairs, C15 annexe built on at W (Pevsner suggests this is C11), C19 S porch and N chancel wall

Chancel has plinth, Saxon long and short quoins and to S a lesene

E window C19 3-light trefoiled perp, to S in centre high-up C19 lancet and to W restored C14 2-light trefoiled and transomed window, to N organ recess

Nave has long and short quoins and to N 3 reset lesenes, to S C15 E and E central stepped buttresses, tower to W and W central porch against it, 2 high set perp 2-light cinquefoiled windows mainly C19, to N C19 E flying buttress, in centre 2 C15 stepped buttresses, to E C13 trefoiled lancet, in centre C15 2-light cinquefoiled window, to W C19 perp window

Tower low with hip on E face middle stage and weatherboarded top stage, hipped roof, W face has buttresses and C13 lancet with similar restored C19 above

On E built against tower gabled stone porch with moulded pointed arch, and in porch is 4-centred recess with carved spandrels

W annexe has plinth and long and short quoins, to S small rectangular light with at top of wall C15 3-light 4-centred square headed window with similar to N and 4-centred W door

Inside chancel SE window has widely splayed rear arch, below sedillia separated by mullions with later segmental heads, square headed piscina recess with shelf, in lilt brass 1434 to John Kent

Nave has widely splayed opening to N windows, in SE is C13 piscina muc defaced, S door C13 pointed arch with C19 inner trefoiled order and double shamfered hambs

W wall all Saxon with original semi-circular arch with imposts and to W projecting architrave around opening and old studded door

Font is circular with moulded bowl and base rect

Pulpit of uncertain date has carved timber open tracery

Roof is C15 barrel vault with 3 moulded purlin purlins inside barrel and moulded arch braces between bays with bosses at crossings

20 medieval tiles