St Mary's Church, Laverstoke

St Mary's Church, Laverstoke is a parish church in the Church of England in Laverstoke, Hampshire.

St Mary’s Church, Laverstoke
St Mary’s Church, Laverstoke
51°14′12.7″N 1°18′12″W
LocationLaverstoke
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSt Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Architect(s)John Loughborough Pearson
Years built1896
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
ArchdeaconryWinchester
DeaneryWhitchurch
ParishLaverstoke with Freefolk[1]
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd. Ian Keith Smale

The church is to the east of Laverstoke village, near the small village of Freefolk. It was built in 1896 to designs of the architect John Loughborough Pearson. It was constructed in flint with Bath stone dressings. It has a steeple on the south side containing a chapel.[2]

Pevsner is fairly scathing about the design by Pearson, saying "not a church to do him much credit...Nothing is vaulted, and the only a little more than humdrum feature inside is the wall-passage or detached shafting in the chancel's wall."[3]

Organ

The pipe organ by Wordsworth and Maskell dates from 1896. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]

References
  1. "St Mary, Lavestoke w Freefolk". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Freefolk (1092722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). The Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Penguin Books. p. 316. ISBN 0140710329.
  4. "NPOR [D05464]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
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