Historic Churches in Hampshire

St Peter's church began as an 11th-century chapel of ease, founded by the wife of William the Conqueror. Highlights include 11th-century doorways, 12th-century arches, a medieval font, and an excellent array of memorials beginning in the 17th century.
Church Path, The Square, Petersfield, Hampshire, England, GU32 3HS

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Heritage Highlight: 11th-century Norman doorways

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St Mary's Church, Portchester stands within the Roman walls of Portchester Castle. It was built around 1128 to serve a priory of Augustinian canons, but the priory moved to Southwick around 1150. Highlights include a superb 12th-century font and a royal coat of arms dated 1577.
Portchester Castle, Castle Street, Portchester, Hampshire, England, PO16 9QH

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Heritage Highlight: Beautifully-carved 12th-century font

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Portsmouth Cathedral is a 12th-century church that became elevated to cathedral status in the 20th century. The core of the building was completed in only 16 years, to a cruciform plan with a crossing tower. The style is transitional Gothic.
High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, PO1 2HH

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Heritage Highlight: 12th century chancel and transepts

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The chancel of St Mary the Virgin at Preston Candover is all that remains of a medieval church, much rebuilt after a fire in 1681. The rest of the church was demolished when a new parish church was built in 1884.
Church Lane, Preston Candover, Hampshire, England, RG25 2EN

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Heritage Highlight: 1607 Katherine D'Abridgecourt memorial brass

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Naturalist Gilbert White wrote glowingly about the beauty of this rural part of Hampshire centuries ago. White would not have been familiar with the superb 19th-century church of Holy Trinity in Privett, which seems to dominate the surrounding landscape.
Merepond Lane, Privett, Hampshire, England, GU34 3PE

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A 12th-century cruciform church rebuilt in the 13th and 15th centuries. There are Coote family monuments in the chancel and a 16th-century Dutch triptych in the chapel.
4 New Road, Rockbourne, Hampshire, England, SP6 3NN

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century gilded triptych

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One of the great Norman buildings of England, Romsey Abbey is a beautiful 12th-century church, all that remains of a late Saxon nunnery. The nunnery was founded in the early 10th century by Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great.
Romsey, Hampshire, England, SO51 8EN

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A 13th-century church constructed as part of a larger complex of hospital buildings. The Royal Garrison Church is sometimes known as the 'British Army Cathedral'.
Grand Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, PO1 2NF

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Sandham Memorial Chapel is a very unusual painted chapel dating to the 1920s. Sandham is profusely decorated with wall paintings by artist Stanley Spencer, who was inspired by his experiences in WWI. The Chapel is set in wide lawns with views over Watership Down.
Harts Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, Hampshire, England, RG20 9JT

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A church with a royal heritage (maybe), St Mary's stands on a rise of ground a short stroll from famed naturalist Gilbert White's house in the pretty Hampshire village of Selborne. The church was built around 1180 on the site of an earlier Saxon building.
High Street, Selborne, Hampshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Memorial of naturalist Gilbert White

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