Overton,
Hampshire - St Mary Church
Notes in italics from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Nikolaus Pevsner
and David Lloyd (1967)
Yale University Press, New Haven and London. |
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Externally all is Victorian,
the ashlar W tower (rebuilt in 1909) and the flint nave and chancel
But internally the story is different, early and late medieval - see below
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on photos below to enlarge |
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The modern but well-harmonising
church rooms date from 1998 |
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Internally there is more to
keep one occupied. Three-bay N and S arcades of c.1200. Round piers,
square but chamfered abaci, multi-scalloped capitals, pointed
single-chamfered arches. |
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Base of
piers. Pulpit and view from pulpit. |
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North aisle looking east and west (with reset medieval lancet) |
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The next element in terms of
chronology, is the chancel: mid C13 according to the plate tracery (in
chancel north window). The
single-frame roof with tie-beams may well be contemporary. The chancel
was lengthened c.1500. |
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View from chancel through the nave to the west tower. The W tower is c.1500, and so
are the W bays of the two arcades, built to connect the old nave with the
new tower. Only the typically Dec arch from the tower to the S was re-set.
Where was it originally? |
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The door of the south entrance
may date from about 1350-1400. The door is
unusual in that it folds in the middle. |
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Court Farm House, W of the church. Five bays, two storeys. The middle bay
projects a little and carries a broken pediment. Hipped roof. The
frontage is mainly header bond. 18th century. However, the
rear of the house reveals early 16th century timber construction. |
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Map |
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