The Hampshire church treasure Hinton Ampner, is found in the ancient church of All Saints, where vestiges of Anglo Saxon work can be glimpsed in the mainly Norman structure.
Hinton Ampner Church of All Saints, sits on it’s hilltop gazing out to Gander Down, in one direction it looks to the Meon Valley, in the other, [...]
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14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 30th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
Hinton Ampner – All Saints Church
The church of ALL SAINTS has suffered from ‘restoration’ more severely than many of its neighbours, (fn. 14) but is still of great interest as preserving its pre-Conquest plan and a few details of that date. It has a chancel 15 ft. 8 in. wide by 21 ft. long, and a nave 21 ft. 10 in. wide [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2015
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2014
Hinton Ampner
When we visited Hinton Ampner the first floor of the property was closed due to storm damage to the roof on February 2014. This was more than made up for by the gardens, the orchard and the parish church of All Saints.
A restored eighteenth century house with a twentieth century garden. The garden was made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2015