All Saints, Milford on Sea
All Saints, Milford on Sea
All Saints is a Grade I parish church on Church Hill, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, in the Diocese of Winchester: a large late Norman and Early English church with a later short recessed spire, open on advertised weekday and weekend hours.
- Location
- Milford on Sea, Hampshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Hampshire
- City / town
- Milford on Sea
- Address
- Church Hill, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, SO41 0QJ
- Postcode
- SO41 0QJ
- Built
- South arcade and transept arches c.1170; north arcade and tower c.1200; chancel and chapels late C13
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- All Saints
- Diocese
- Winchester
- Parish
- Milford
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Late Norman and Early English
- Materials
- Part exposed masonry, part rendered (roughcast and smooth); tiled roof
- Grid reference
- SZ 290 921
- Opening hours
- Open Monday to Friday 10am to 1.30pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday: open for services in the morning and 12 to 4pm for visits. Please note that the church is not open on Bank Holidays apart from any services. Accessible toilets open at times services are held.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England lists the church (1276161, Grade I, 22 December 1973). The listing describes a large church of nave with aisles, transepts, north and south chapels, chancel, and west tower with a later short recessed spire. Externally the masonry is part exposed and part rendered, with a tiled roof. The south arcade and the arches from the church into the transepts are of about 1170; the north arcade and tower with flanking outshuts are of about 1200; the chancel and north and south chapels are late thirteenth-century. Most of the visible church is therefore Early English, with late Norman work from a preceding church. The listing notes a picture of the Virgin and Child by Perugino (NMR).
The parish states that the church dates from 1070–86, is named in Domesday, and was founded by the Saxon thane Aelfric, granted Milford after land was taken for the New Forest. Clayton & Bell windows of 1874 are among later fittings. The church remains in regular use as the village parish church.