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Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Itchen Valley, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0871 / 51°5'13"N

Longitude: -1.2405 / 1°14'25"W

OS Eastings: 453288

OS Northings: 132252

OS Grid: SU532322

Mapcode National: GBR 972.R6K

Mapcode Global: FRA 8697.SMW

Plus Code: 9C3W3QP5+RQ

Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 5 December 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1350483

English Heritage Legacy ID: 145608

ID on this website: 101350483

Location: St Mary's Church, Avington, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21

County: Hampshire

District: Winchester

Civil Parish: Itchen Valley

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: The Itchen Valley

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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Description


SU 5332 ITCHEN VALLEY AVINGTON

14/32 Church of St Mary
5.12.55

GV I

Parish church. 1768 - 71. Brick with Portland stone dressings, old plain
tile roof, with lead ridges. Single cell 3 bay church and W tower. Moulded
brick plinth and bays divided by pilasters with plinth and cornice carried
round, and at ends pilasters clasp round corners. Venetian E window and on
N side a central door with window each side and on S door at W and 2 windows to E,
all with arched opening of rubbed brick with stone key blocks and leaded glazing.
Doorways with stone rustication of alternating sizes. Cornice all round with
battlemented parapet. Tower of 3 stages with clasping corner buttress pilasters,
moulded brick strings and battlemented cresting. Inside all features extremely
well preserved. Plastered wall above panelled dado to height of the box pews,
cornices and coved plaster ceiling. Reredos with open segmental pediment.
Wrought iron or lead altar rails. Pulpit with domed tester in centre on S.
W gallery dated 1771; on it barrel organ in Gothick case given in 1848 by
Lady Shelley. Below grey marble baluster font and above royal coat of arms
of George III. All furnishings of Spanish mahogany. C18 brass chandelier.
Monuments: 1751 to George Bridges of yellow, grey and pink marble, inscribed
base, above sarcophagus with urn in middle behind 2 columns supporting broken
pediment; 1768 to Marchioness of carvarvon, who commissioned church, of pink
and white marble with long inscription panel, above in middle obelisk, each side
urn; 1786 to John Jeffreys; 1836 to Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; 1865 to
Mrs. Peel, daughter of Shelley; 1866 Sir John Shelley.


Listing NGR: SU5321032083

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