A HISTORY OF SURREY 



arch with plain sunk spandrels in a square head 

 with a moulded and embattled cornice ; the jambs 

 are moulded to match the piscina and windows. In 

 the north wall are two modernized doorways, one 

 between the first and second bays, and the other in 

 the third bay and opening into a modern wing. 

 The south doorway is in the third or westernmost 

 bay ; it has an old two-centred arch and modern 

 jambs of two orders. 



In the west wall south of the great window were 

 two doorways one over the other, but they are now 

 filled in. The walls were originally of flint, but the 

 east wall and the first two bays of the south have 

 been faced with modern ashlar ; in the west wall can 

 be seen a worked stone with an edge roll, imbedded 

 among the flints ; the turrets are also faced with ashlar 

 and have rather perished surfaces. A general restora- 

 tion of the building took place in 1886, before which 

 time it was in a very dilapidated condition. Unfor- 

 tunately Godstone stone was used for the dressings, 

 with the consequence that some of the stones, particu- 

 larly those in the head of the west window, are 

 already beginning to show signs of decay ; modern 

 buttresses strengthen the south wall. There was a 

 porch with a chamber over it at the south doorway, 

 but the dates of its erection and destruction do not 

 now appear. A late or modern building still remains 

 against the north wall. The roof is gabled, has two 

 modern trusses, and a plastered cradle ceiling. The 

 parapets are embattled. 



The church of ST. PETER, NORBITON, London 

 Road, is a building of white and stock brick with 

 stone dressings, built in 1842 in the style of the 

 1 2th century and consisting of a chancel, north and 

 south transepts, nave with a gallery on three sides, 

 narrow gabled aisles, west porches and a north-west 

 tower of four stages ; the roofs are covered with 

 slates. The reredos and quire fittings are of oak and 

 of later and better design than the fabric. The 

 churchyard is chiefly on the north side towards the 

 road, is planted with shrubs, &c., and fenced by an 

 iron railing. 



The church of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, 

 Grove Lane, is a building of Kentish rag with Bath 

 stone dressings, erected in 1872 in the style of the 

 latter half of the 131)1 century ; it has a chancel, 

 nave, north and south transepts, aisles, north-east 

 vestry, south porch, and the stump of a proposed 

 south-east tower ; the roofs are tiled. The church- 

 yard, sown with grass, surrounds the building, and has 

 an iron railing on the west and south sides towards 

 the roads. 



ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Queen's Road, Kingston 

 Hill, is an unfinished building of stone dating from 

 1878 and in the style of the I3th century. It con- 

 sists at present of a nave, with a clearstory, and north 

 and south aisles, the chancel not being yet built. 



ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, Gibbon Road, is a large 

 building of red brick and stone in 13th-century style, 

 erected in 1890. It has an apsidal chancel with a 

 vaulted ceiling of wood, nave of five bays with stone 

 pillars and brick arches and having a clearstory of 

 lancets, north and south aisles, north organ-chamber, 

 over which rises a tower with a tall octagonal brick 

 spire, south chapel, vestry, porches, &c. The chancel 

 and the chapel are closed by iron screens painted black 

 and gold. The font is of alabaster and marble, the 

 pulpit of carved oak. The roofs are covered with 



slates. The churchyard is small and planted with 

 shrubs, &c. 



ST. MARK'S CHURCH, Victoria Road, Surbiton, 

 is a large building of stone in the 14th-century style, 

 consecrated in 1845. It consists of a chancel, north 

 and south transepts, north-east vestry, and south-east 

 organ-chamber, nave with a clearstory, aisles, south 

 porch and a north-west tower with a tall octagonal 

 broach spire of stone. An arcade of five bays with 

 grey stone pillars and plastered arches divides the nave 

 from the south aisle, and a similar arcade with the 

 addition of a smaller west bay from the north aisle. 

 At the west end is a gallery. The pulpit and font 

 are of stone and marble. The churchyard is triangu- 

 lar in plan ; it contains many graves, and is inclosed 

 by a hedge and wood fence. 



CHRIST CHURCH, King Charles Road, is a 

 building of red and other coloured bricks with stone 

 dressings of a late I 2th or early 1 3th-century style, 

 built in 1863. It has a chancel with gabled aisles, 

 nave of five bays having stone pillars and brick arches, 

 and a clearstory with small circular windows, low 

 aisles, vestries, and south porch ;a small cote over the 

 chancel arch contains one bell. 



The church of ST. ANDREW, Maple Road, was 

 built as a chapel of ease to St. Mark's in 1872. It 

 is of various coloured bricks and stone in 13th- 

 century style. It has a shallow chancel with deep 

 transepts, nave, aisles, west baptistery, and a tall 

 north tower with a gabled head. The nave has 

 arcades of four bays, a clearstory of lancets, and a 

 panelled vaulted ceiling ; the pulpit is of carved oak ; 

 the font of stone with marble shafts ; the reredos is a 

 tall one of stone. 



ST. MATTHEWS CHURCH, Ewell Road, is a 

 large well-built structure of stock brick and stone in 

 the style of the 1 3th century, erected in 1 874. It has 

 a vaulted apsidal chancel, north-east and south-east 

 vestries, north and south transepts, nave, aisles, and a 

 south-west porch-tower with a tall octagonal stone 

 spire. The interior wall facing is of stock brick ; the 

 nave arcades are of four bays with round pillars and 

 pointed arches to the aisles and of a single large bay 

 to each transept. The roofs are open-timbered and 

 gabled. The churchyard, which is planted with 

 shrubs and grass, is bounded by a stone wall to the 

 roads on the south and east sides. 



The church of ST. ANDREW, Ham, stands on 

 Ham Common. It consists of a chancel erected in 

 1900, nave built in 1832, and south aisle added in 

 1860. The chancel with the vestry south of it are 

 built of red brick with stone dressings. The nave is 

 of stock brick and Bath stone, and has two small 

 turrets at the west end. It is roofed by a flat gable. 

 A stone arcade of four bays divides it from the aisle. 

 Both nave and aisle are wide in proportion to their 

 length. A gallery spans the west end. 



A good oak lych-gate has been recently placed at 

 the entrance to the churchyard, in which lie many naval 

 and military officers and several members of the 

 nobility. 



ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Hook, which has replaced 

 an earlier church built in 1835, is a small building 

 dating from 1883. It is of red brick and stone 

 in the style of the 141)1 century, and consists 

 of a chancel, north vestry and organ chamber, nave, 

 north aisle, and south porch. There is an alabaster 

 reredos with medallions of the Evangelists. The altar 



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