| Building Name: | All Saints' Church | ||||||||
| Location: | Thorney Hill, Hampshire, England | ||||||||
| Geo: | 50.7967°N -1.7218°W | ||||||||
| Consecration Year: | 1906 | ||||||||
| Status: | Active | ||||||||
| Architect: | Detmar Blow | ||||||||
| Architecture Style: | Baroque
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All Saints' Church is a Church of England church in Thorney Hill, Hampshire, England.[1] It was built in 1905–06 and has been a Grade I listed building since 1985. A World War I memorial in the churchyard is also Grade II listed.
All Saints' Church was built at the expense of Lord and Lady Manners as a memorial church to their daughter, Mary Christine, who died of cholera in 1904 during a visit to India.[2] The church served their nearby Avon Tyrrell estate. Designed by the architect Detmar Blow, the foundation stone of the church was laid on 9 October 1905 by Lady Manners and it was built by Messrs Newton of Hitchin, Hertfordshire.[3]
The church was dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester, Herbert Edward Ryle, on 17 October 1906,[3] and the church then began serving the population of Thorney Hill, Bransgore and other localities.[3] A special service was held on 8 October 2006 by the Bishop of Winchester, Michael Scott-Joynt, to commemorate the church's centenary.[4]
All Saints', described by Historic England as a "remarkable Edwardian Baroque church", is built of Caen stone and rendered brick. The aluminum roof features a cupola on the western side. The church was designed to seat approximately 100 persons.[3] Notable features of the interior include a bronze effigy of the Manners' son, John, killed in action in 1914,[5] a mural painted in 1922 by Phoebe Anna Traquair in memory of Lady Manners, who died in 1920 and work by Eric Gill.[5]