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Corhampton Church is an "Corhampton (Dedication unknown)"
''A church near you''. Retrieved 18 September 2021. and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice."Saxon Church, Corhampton"
The Meon Bridge Benefice. Retrieved 1 February 2021. The building, dating from the early 11th century, is
British History Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
''The Meon Valley Pilgrimage Trail''. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
In the south-east of the chancel is a stone seat, thought to date from the 13th century. The vestry and south porch are later constructions. The
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
church in the village of Corhampton, in Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...
, England. Unusually, it does not have a dedication. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth,''A church near you''. Retrieved 18 September 2021. and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice."Saxon Church, Corhampton"
The Meon Bridge Benefice. Retrieved 1 February 2021. The building, dating from the early 11th century, is
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
.
Description
The church stands on a mound next to theRiver Meon
The River Meon () is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England. It rises at East Meon then flows in a generally southerly direction to empty into the Solent at Hill Head near Stubbington.Hampshire County Council (2006). Activitie ...
. It was built about 1020, and is described in the listing text as an "almost complete two-cell Saxon church". The stone sundial, to the right of the south porch, is a Saxon tide dial
A tide dial, also known as a mass dial or a scratch dial, is a sundial marked with the canonical hours rather than or in addition to the standard hours of daylight. Such sundials were particularly common between the 7th and 14th centuries in Europ ...
. Inside is the original Saxon chancel arch
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ove ...
.'Parishes: Corhampton', in ''A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3'', ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 246-254British History Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
''The Meon Valley Pilgrimage Trail''. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
In the south-east of the chancel is a stone seat, thought to date from the 13th century. The vestry and south porch are later constructions. The altar rail
The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination, delimiting the chancel or the sanctuary and altar in a church, from the nave and ot ...
is 18th-century, and there is a 19th-century gallery at the west end. The east end of the chancel was rebuilt in brick in 1855.
There was restoration in 1905 by Sir Thomas Jackson, including the top of the west gable, which has a diaper
A diaper (, North American English) or a nappy (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English) is a type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to p ...
brick and flint pattern. There was further restoration in 1999.
Wall paintings
Medieval wall paintings, now faint, were discovered in the 19th century. They are on the west side of the chancel arch, showing the expulsion from theGarden of Eden
In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden (; ; ) or Garden of God ( and ), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the biblical paradise described in Genesis 2–3 and Ezekiel 28 and 31..
The location of Eden is described in the Book of Ge ...
; and on the north, south and west walls of the chancel, showing legendary stories from the life of St Swithun
Swithun (or Swithin; ; ; died 863) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working. Accordin ...
.
See also
*Church of St Mary and All Saints, Droxford
The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an Anglican church in the village of Droxford, in Hampshire, England. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth, and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice. The building is Grade I listed; the earliest ...
References
{{Reflist Grade I listed churches in Hampshire Church of England church buildings in Hampshire 11th-century church buildings in England Standing Anglo-Saxon churches