Church Of All Saints And St Mark

The Church of All Saints and St Mark is a parish church located in West Parley. It has origins dating back to the 12th century with a nave, while the chancel was added in the 14th century. The north porch was constructed in the 15th century, and the nave was extended in the 16th century. The church features elements from the 18th century and underwent restoration, including the addition of a vestry, in 1896, which involved work on the external wall of the chancel.

The church is built with ironstone rubble walls and buttresses, with most of the nave being roughcast, while the chancel and vestry are made of coursed rubble. It has a plinth and brick bands, with ashlar dressings. The roof is tiled, with lower courses made of stone slates. The structure consists of an aisleless nave and chancel, along with a north porch and north vestry. The east window is medieval, and the nave features three 18th-century Gothic trefoil-headed lights, while the chancel has smaller lights of a similar design added in 1896.

The north porch is timber-framed on a stone base, featuring a bargeboard with cusped decoration. Inside the porch, there is a plain Norman doorway with an old door that has medieval hinges. The bell turret is boarded and includes four gables topped with an octagonal leaded spirelet.

Inside the church, there is a 14th-century chancel arch and squints of uncertain date. The front of the church features a 12th-century tub with arcading, a cylindrical stem, and a square base, topped with a later octagonal bowl. The interior also includes a two-decker Jacobean pulpit with panelled and moulded sides, along with a sounding board from the 18th century. The medieval roof has exposed arch-braces, which were previously concealed by a plaster barrel vault that was restored in the chancel. Carved bosses that were removed during the roof restoration in 1933 are displayed in a glass case. Additionally, there are box pews made of pine, dating from 1841.