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Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade I Listed Building in Abbotts Ann, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1905 / 51°11'25"N

Longitude: -1.5285 / 1°31'42"W

OS Eastings: 433043

OS Northings: 143575

OS Grid: SU330435

Mapcode National: GBR 72W.BCK

Mapcode Global: VHC2Y.GB8R

Plus Code: 9C3W5FRC+5H

Entry Name: Church of St Mary the Virgin

Listing Date: 20 December 1960

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1228703

English Heritage Legacy ID: 403359

ID on this website: 101228703

Location: St Mary's Church, Abbotts Ann, Test Valley, Hampshire, SP11

County: Hampshire

District: Test Valley

Civil Parish: Abbotts Ann

Built-Up Area: Abbotts Ann

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Abbotts Ann St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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Description


3343 ABBOTTS ANN ABBOTTS ANN
10/31
Church of St. Mary
The Virgin
20.12.60
I


Parish church. 1716. Brick, with stone dressings, and a slate roof. The
building replaces an earlier church, and was paid for by the estate owner Thomas
'Diamond' Pitt, a former governor of Madras and father of the Earl of Chatham.
The structure is of classical form, with symmetrical or regular elevations, with
an aisleless nave of 4 bays, chancel, west tower incorporating the entrance,
and a small Victorian vestry south of the chancel. The walls are of brickwork
in Flemish bond with blue headers, and Bath stone features; weathered coping
to the parapet, moulded cornice, corner pilasters, moulded plinths: plain
architraves to the openings, round-headed windows and doorways with Keystones.
The tower has 3 stages, separated by moulded stone bands, the top stage has a
cambered head to the opening, the middle stage has a small oval window (clock
face on the west) above a window with a cambered head, and the lower stage has
a recessed brick panel above an opening: the west side his"the arched door-
way, with moulded impost, plain pilasters and arched cornice: the south side
has a rectangular (staircase) projection with a small window above a tiny door-
way. The easternmost group of windows (chancel and 2 eastern bays of the nave)
have been filled (C19) with traceried coupled lights, and the parapet of the
tower is crenellated, with corner Gothic pinnacles. Inside, the simple
classical appearance is enhanced by oak panelling, in the sanctuary and as a
dado to the rest of the chancel and to the nave: the pews have doors and
include a family pew: the pulpit is a panelled octagon. There are communion
rails and a wood octagonal font of baluster form, with stoneware bowl and
decorative wooden cover. A gallery occupies the west bay of the nave, with
panelled front, 2 Tuscan columns, with pilasters against the side walls: 2
panels are lettered (one about a bequest of 1728, the other about, the church
rebuilding of 1716). There are wall monuments of the late C18 and early C19
date, and inside the porch (the lowest part of the tower) is a painted Royal
Coat of Arms of G II 1728: against the east wall of the nave on each side are
mid C19 Prescriptions. A feature of the church is the series of Virgins' Crowns,
hung from the cornice of the coved ceiling of the nave, the medieval tradition
of maidens' garlands having continued into present times; the garlands are left
to hang until they drop and the oldest surviving is dated 1740. This is a
virtually unaltered Georgian church, complete with fittings.


Listing NGR: SU3283743570

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