Wolverton,
Hampshire - St Catherine Church
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Notes in italics from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Nikolaus Pevsner
and David Lloyd (1967)
Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
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Built in 1717, and the best Early Georgian church in Hampshire. It has a
very powerful, high and broad W tower of light red brick with
alternatingly raised stone quoins, a doorway with big rustication of
alternating sizes, and a top parapet. If the the church appears
disproportionately low in comparison, the reason is that it was only a
re-casing; inside the roof is medieval.
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The casing is of red brick with blue-brick dressings, a curious,
idiosyncratic combination. Curious also the shaped gable of the E wall and
the stepped gables of the transepts, framing a niche. The transepts, two
porches, and the gables combine to create a varied outline and skyline.
Unfortunately, silly Victorian brick mullions have been put into the
windows. Internally the church is as original. ... (Unfortunately,
could not be accessed).
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Wolverton House (seen
from the churchyard). Late Georgian. Rendered. Seven bays, two
storeys. Porch of two pairs of unfluted Ionic columns. Balustrade.
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