Description

SU 70 NW HAVANT CHURCH LANE
Warblington

Church of St. Thomas-
a-Becket

16.5.52 I
4/44

Parish Church. Saxon, Transitional (late C12), Early English (C13), C15, restoration
of 1859 (by J. H. Ball). The slender central tower is Saxon (a tower
above a west porch), but the lowest stage was widened when the chancel
(originally the Saxon church) was rebuilt in the C13. The chancel has a
north wing (vestry) and the east end, and next to it a shorter C19 transept
(above the heating chamber). The comparatively-wide nave has 3 bays, with
aisles extending as chapels (each with a piscina) on each side of the tower.
The arcade is supported on the north side by drum columns with moulded
circular caps and bases, on the south side by octagonal shafts, each with
4 detached Purbeck columns with 'stiff-leaf' caps: the 2 tower arches are
C13 and rest on triple attached Purbeck shafts, having moulded caps at the _
east side and stiff leaf foliage at the west. Above the east wall of the
nave can be seen a Saxon doorway, other features of the interior include
2 canopied medieval tombs (each with a recumbent female figure) and several
wall monuments. Externally the roof is tiled and the walling is of flint
and stone rubble with stone dressings, There are some lancets, but most of
the windows are traceried Victorian lights, the aisles having coupled lights
within one arch, beneath gables. The north porch is C15, of heavy timber-
framing with stone side walls. The tower is crowned with a small shingled
broach spire (of 1859).

Listing NGR: SU7293805566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Thomas à Becket Church at Wikipedia
• St Thomas à Becket Church official website
• Wikidata Q17528397

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