St Mary & All Saints, Droxford
St Mary and All Saints, Droxford
St Mary and All Saints on The Square, Droxford, is a Grade I parish church of Norman origin in the Meon Bridge Benefice, Diocese of Portsmouth.
- Location
- Droxford, Hampshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Hampshire
- City / town
- Droxford
- Address
- The Square, Droxford, Hampshire, SO32 3PA
- Postcode
- SO32 3PA
- Built
- Norman nave and chancel; north aisle and chapel c.1200; south aisle C13; aisles rebuilt C15, chapels C14; west tower 1599; chancel renovated C18; restored 1903
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary and All Saints
- Diocese
- Portsmouth
- Parish
- Droxford St Mary and All Saints
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman with later medieval and Perpendicular work
- Materials
- Flint with stone dressings (some plastered); brick dressings and parapet to the tower; tile roof
- Grid reference
- SU 606 183
- Opening hours
- Open daily.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a Norman nave and chancel, a north aisle and chapel of about 1200, a thirteenth-century south aisle and chapel (aisles rebuilt in the fifteenth century, chapels in the fourteenth), a west tower of 1599 (plaque over the west door), eighteenth-century renovation of the chancel, and a restoration of 1903. Walls are flint, some plastered, with stone dressings; the tower has brick dressings and a brick parapet; the roof is tiled. The interior keeps medieval arches, a Norman chancel arch, chapel piscinas, the remains of a rood stair, a Jacobean communion rail and altar table, and reset Norman north and south doorways with zig-zag ornament. Listed Grade I on 6 March 1967 (NHLE 1095540).