History in Structure

Church of St Margaret

A Grade I Listed Building in Wellow, Hampshire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9822 / 50°58'55"N

Longitude: -1.5699 / 1°34'11"W

OS Eastings: 430286

OS Northings: 120397

OS Grid: SU302203

Mapcode National: GBR 640.CX8

Mapcode Global: FRA 76LJ.462

Plus Code: 9C2WXCJJ+V2

Entry Name: Church of St Margaret

Listing Date: 29 May 1957

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1339214

English Heritage Legacy ID: 141249

ID on this website: 101339214

Location: St Margaret's Church, Woodington, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO51

County: Hampshire

District: Test Valley

Civil Parish: Wellow

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: East with West Wellow St Margaret

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

Tagged with: Church building

Find accommodation in
Sherfield English

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 September 2023 to reformat the text to current standards

SU 32 SW
2/27

WELLOW
HACKLEY'S LANE
Church of St Margaret

29.5.57

GV
I
Parish church. Early and late C13 chancel and nave, some C14 details, C16 south aisle, C19 vestry, C20 minor changes. Walls of mixed flint and stone with stone dressings; buttress to the west wall, lancets (triple to the east window), triple cusped lights within square frames (C16), a C16 oak-framed window, Two Victorian windows. Tile roof, with catslide above the aisle and two dormers (to light the former gallery); square western bell turret. Aisleless nave and chancel, narrow C16 south aisle of three bays, south porch, north vestry.

The interior has much medieval plasterwork, with wall paintings, mainly patterning of walls with rosettes in squares, several consecration crosses, a St Christopher (north wall) and a seated lady, and fragmentary remains of the Martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket. The bell turret is supported on three massive posts, and two similar posts separate the narrow aisle from the nave. Jacobean woodwork is used to panel the chancel, and there are Jacobean communion rails, and a panelled pulpit with a tester. Piscina, stoup; Victorian font. One wall monument of 1776. The C14 porch is timber-framed, with arch braced opening, and cusped bargeboards.

Listing NGR: SU3039720249

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.