Hartham Church

CORSHAM HARTHAM ST 87 SE 1/150 Hartham Church GV II

Estate church to Hartham Park, now private chapel, 1862 by P.C. Hardwick for T.H.A. Poynder. Squared rubble stone with ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. Coped gables. Nave and chancel with prominent north porch tower, south gabled organ-chamber and north-east vestry, Perpendicular Gothic style. Diagonal end buttresses, side buttresses, moulded sill course and moulded plinth. Large 4-light west window, flat-headed side windows, one 2-light and two 3-lights to nave south, one 2-light and one 3-light to nave north, to right of tower. Tower has 2 tall stages with clasping buttresses to lower stage, pointed-arched north door and south-east stair turret, upper stage with 2-light flat-headed bell- openings and hoodmoulds, parapet and pinnacles. Stair turret has crocketted cap. Chancel has 3-light east window, two 2-light windows to south, one to north and parallel north-east vestry with large paired octagonal stack on south wall. Interior: plastered roofs with moulded timber ribs, moulded stone chancel arch and full set of contemporary pews, Poynder family pew across west end. Carved stone panelling in chancel. Stained glass borders to windows.

Listing NGR: ST8642871489