St Mary the Virgin, East Worldham
St Mary the Virgin, East Worldham
St Mary the Virgin is the Grade II* parish church of East Worldham, a South Downs village east of Alton in Hampshire, in the Diocese of Winchester.
- Location
- East Worldham, Hampshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Hampshire
- City / town
- East Worldham
- Address
- Church Lane, East Worldham, Hampshire, GU34 3AQ
- Postcode
- GU34 3AQ
- Built
- 13th century; restored 1865
- Architect
- David Brandon
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Winchester
- Parish
- East Worldham St Mary the Virgin
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Early English
- Materials
- Stone walls, tiled roof, shingled timber bell turret
- Opening hours
- The church is open 9am to 5pm.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
The fabric is thirteenth-century Early English: a nave with lancets and deep roll-moulded reveals, a short chancel (the former apse removed), and a western timber bell turret with a shingled spire. North and south nave doorways have deeply moulded arches on recessed shafts. David Brandon restored the church in 1865, adding a small vestry and south porch while rebuilding much of the nave to the original design. A medieval tomb recess in the south wall of the nave holds a female effigy traditionally associated with Philippa Chaucer. There are seventeenth- and eighteenth-century wall monuments and a Victorian font. Stained glass includes work by Hardman & Co. Magdalen College, Oxford, is patron of the living.