Visited hy the Society in 1890. 



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The pinnacles here are diagonal ; the tracery of the west window 

 has been mutilated. 



The chancel is a modern structure, and the north wall of the nave 

 has been re-built and an excrescence, consisting" of a kind of Royal 

 Box, added, in which are the arms of the Poore family. There are 

 good bits of old glass in the windows of this pew. 



The arrangements at the west end detract very much from the 

 proportions of the Church, and block up the tower. The bench 

 ends are a very interesting example of sixteenth century Gothic 

 work, and it is to be hoped they will be taken care of in any 

 restoration of the Church. 



There is an Elizabethan tablet to " W.P." — a member of the 

 Pinckney family. 



S. Mary the Virgin's. Upavon. 

 This must have been, when at its best, a Church of very fine 

 proportions, and in this respect it reminds one of its sister Church 

 at Netheravon. 



To trace the history of this building from its earliest period we 

 must begin at the east end where we have some well-preserved 

 evidence of the Church of the Transitional Norman period, or circa 

 1175. Although the north and south walls of the chancel and the 

 greater part of the east wall have been re-built, its original dimen- 

 sions have been retained, the buttresses remain undisturbed, and the 

 old features have been reinstated : of these original features there 

 are the three buttresses at the east end and the two side windows of, 

 probably, a group of three ; the priests' door in the north wall with 

 the pretty stops on its jambs ; the sanctuary window in the same 

 wall with inside bonnet arch ; and the singular triple chancel arch, 

 which latter I will describe more in detail. The central arch of the 

 three is wider than the others and pointed, the arch is of two orders, 

 the outer member is ornamented with the Norman chevron moulding 

 and the inner member plain ; it has a square billet-moulded label. 

 The side arches are carried back to the full width of the nave on 

 each side, and are semicircular, whilst on their east face they are 

 narrower — being contained within the width of the chancel — and 



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