| All Saints' Church, East Meon | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, East Meon | |
  Location within Hampshire | |
| 50°59′45″N 1°01′53″W / 50.9959°N 1.0315°W | |
| Location | East Meon, Hampshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | http://www3.hants.gov.uk/parish/east-meon |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | c. 1080[1] or c. 1130–40[2] |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Listed building – Grade I |
| Style | Norman, Early English |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Portsmouth |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Bishop of Portsmouth |
| Vicar(s) | Reverend Tony Forrest |
All Saints' Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of East Meon, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building[3] and the oldest building in the village,[4] lying so tight to a hill to the north of the village – part of the South Downs – that there was no room for a north aisle to be built.[5] Most of the church dates from the Norman period, with the south chapel and south aisle being added in the 13th century.[2]
According to Nikolaus Pevsner it is "one of the most thrilling village churches in Hampshire",[5] to John Betjeman it is "a striking, boldly massed church set above the village against a green down",[6] while Simon Jenkins states that of the Saxon foundations in the Meon valley, "few are as satisfying as East Meon".[7]
- ^ Wadsworth & Louden 2012.
- ^ a b British History Online 1911.
- ^ British Listed Buildings.
- ^ Diocese of Portsmouth.
- ^ a b Pevsner & Lloyd 2002, p. 199.
- ^ Betjeman 1993, p. 242.
- ^ Jenkins 1999, p. 245.