Church Of St Mark

The Church of St Mark is a parish church built between 1838 and 1841 by architects O B Carter and W C Yonge. The stained glass was designed by W Butterfield and made by W Wailes, who also constructed the east and west windows and the south porch in 1855. The church is primarily made of blue brick with mostly stone dressings and some red brick dressings, topped with a slate roof. It is designed in the Early English style and features a small chancel, a five-bay nave with a short north aisle, a west bell turret, and an added south porch.

The church's walls have a plinth and a moulded cill band, with flat buttresses at the corners that have chamfers. The east window is pointed and features Geometrical tracery, while each bay on the sides has pointed lancet windows, except for the south porch, which has a gabled roof, a moulded pointed doorway, and a geometric window above. A cornice with corbels supports a parapet with moulded coping. The west end has stepped triple lancets, and the gable features an elaborate stone bell turret with an octagonal spire set diagonally.

Inside, the church remains as originally built. Above the pulpit in the northeast nave is a stained glass window commemorating John Keble, designed by W Butterfield and executed by W Wailes, who created other windows as well. The roof features open cusped framing that fills the roof trusses, and there is a stone octagonal font on a circular drum. The parish of Ampfield was established separately from Hursley when the church was built, inspired by John Keble, who was the vicar of Hursley from 1836 to 1866 and a significant figure in the Oxford Movement. The church's construction was funded by Sir William Heathcote, the owner of Hursley Manor, who also provided the site.