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St Mary

St Mary

Fordingbridge

Hampshire

C12 origins, mid C13 rebuilding, adding to chancel central-south vestry and north-west chapel, and aisles to nave, chapel shortly after extended to east

Architectural Features

in C15 aisles rebuilt with porches and east tower to north aisle, nave given clerestories

Flint, some ironstone, ironstone dressings, later Chilmark, tower ashlar, lead and plain-tile roof

Chancel has east C13 3-stepped lancet window, outer arch on detached shaft

North chapel has C19 5-light Dec east window and north late C13 2-light trefoiled bar-tracery windows, and tomb recess

Flat-roofed aisles have C14 and C15 windows

North porch C15 with 5-centred archway, now glazed, over 2-light window to parvise

Inside chancel C13 rear arches with hoodmoulds on leaf-stops

On south wall trefoiled piscina, and priest's door to vestry and monument 1638 to Philip Clifford

Chapel has C15 good hammerbeam roof with angels against hammers, tracery above hammers and cusping below

On pier of tower monument 1801 to J B Coventry Bulkeley

Chancel arch C13 2-centred, renewed capitals

In nave beside brass on timber frame 1568 to Bulkeley family

C15 queen-post roof

In south aisle C14 Purbeck octagonal font