. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . MART and ST. JOHNBAPTIST, known locally as Pamber Church, since itis used by the inhabitants of Pamber, was consecratedby William GifFard, who was Bishop of Winchesterfrom 1107 to 1129. Of the 12th-century church, which was cruciform,without aisles, the only parts now standing are thearches of the crossing or central tower and a portionof the south wall of the nave. The eastern arm wasrebuilt and lengthened about 1220 ; this with thetower space forms the present chapel-of-ease to MonkSherborne. The cloister was on the south side ofthe nave, but
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . MART and ST. JOHNBAPTIST, known locally as Pamber Church, since itis used by the inhabitants of Pamber, was consecratedby William GifFard, who was Bishop of Winchesterfrom 1107 to 1129. Of the 12th-century church, which was cruciform,without aisles, the only parts now standing are thearches of the crossing or central tower and a portionof the south wall of the nave. The eastern arm wasrebuilt and lengthened about 1220 ; this with thetower space forms the present chapel-of-ease to MonkSherborne. The cloister was on the south side ofthe nave, but nothing is left of it except the doorwaysin the south wall of the ruined nave. The dedication by Bishop GifFard can hardly havemarked the completion of the first church ; all the 12th-century detail remaining in the tower is obviouslyof later date. The east arm or presbytery is a simple but finelyproportioned building of flint masonry with ashlardressings, and has at the east angles very slender andgraceful clasping buttresses of three Monk Sherborne Priory Church (used as Pamber Parish Church)from South-east In the east wall are three lancet windows whichare rebated and chamfered outside and splayed allround inside, with a label and a keeled edge-roll fromsmall moulded bases but without capitals, the rollcontinuing round the head of the window. In eitherside wall are four similar but shorter lights, withoutlabels. A moulded string runs round the inside below thesloping window sills, stopping abruptly west of thewesternmost windows. Below the first window onthe south is a well-designed piscina, with a trefoiledhead and engaged jamb shafts with moulded capitalsand bases. At the back of the piscina is a narrowshelf. Under the third south window is a small doorway,doubtless once old but now of modern stoneworkoutside ; it has a four-centred head of 1 5th-centurycharacter. The angles between the chancel and transepts wereformerly occupied by small chapels of two bays ; the
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