Church of St Boniface is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Boniface

WRENN ID
blind-niche-lake
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1957
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Boniface, Church Lane, Nursling and Rownhams
OS grid reference
SU 359 164
Coordinates
50.94658, -1.48988
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Boniface is a parish church with Saxon origins, primarily dating from the 14th century, and includes a 13th-century transept. It was restored by G.E. Street in 1881. The church features an aisless nave and chancel, a south transept, and a south porch beneath the tower. Its walls are made of rubble stone, with 14th-century windows that have Decorated tracery. The west window consists of three lights with Reticulated tracery, while the transept has a three-light cusped window from the 15th century. The roof is tiled, and the tower, which rises above the eaves, is covered with shingles and topped by a shingled broach spire.

Inside, the eastern part of the chancel is Victorian, while the rest of the interior is plain but adorned with several wall monuments from the early 19th century. Notable features include an Elizabethan pulpit and a mid-19th-century Perpendicular octagonal font. The transept has a western arch that is partially blocked by the east end of the nave wall and contains several interesting monuments. These include an elaborate Jacobean/classical tomb with recumbent figures of Richard (1613) and Maria (1622) Mille, a classical monument to Thomas Knollys from 1751, a stone slab with inset brasses for Thomas Mundy from 1623, and some medieval tiles set into the wall. On the west wall of the nave, there is a hatchment and a Royal Coat of Arms from 1782.

Local climate

Church of St Boniface receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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