The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Old Sarum (medieval)
The market town of Corsham is located on the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, off the main London–Bristol road, now the A4.
The large church of St Bartholomew sits between the High Street and Corsham Court. The nave, with its N and S arcades, dates from the 12thc, although the aisles were rebuilt in the 14thc. The chancel dates from the 15thc. The whole church was heavily restored in 1875-1878 by GE Street and CF Hansom. The Methuen Chapel was added in 1878-1879. The nave arcades and the N door date from the 12thc.
Hospital, former
Wilton is a civil parish about 3 miles NW of Salisbury standing at confluence of the rivers Wylye and Nadder. Incorporated into the buildings around St John’s Square are the remains of a hospital founded in the late 12thc. Although several alterations and restorations were carried out from the 16thc, some remains of the medieval structures have survived. These includes a circular pier with what may be the remains of a scalloped capital.
Parish church
The present church was built in 1849 to designs by JH Hakewill. However, the font, decorated with triangular arches, probably dates from the late 12th century.
Parish church
The nave and chancel of the church, or more likely just their N walls, date from the 12th century. The N door of the nave and the plain font are also Romanesque. A window of c1300 has been inserted into the E end of N wall of nave and the rest of the church dates predominantly from c1300 and much from the 19th century.
Parish church
A small medieval parish church of rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. The church has a 13thc. chancel, and 15thc. nave, W tower and S porch. The S transept is 19thc., forming part of restorations in 1886 by John Belcher. The only 12thc. features are the simple N and S doorways and the plain font. The doorways were retained or reset in the 15thc. when the aisleless nave was rebuilt.
Parish church
Ludgershall is 16 miles NE of Salisbury and the church lies to the N of the village. The neighbouring castle had to be built before 1103 since King Henry I visited it, and the church of St James was erected in the following decades. The building consists of a chancel, a nave with N and S chapels, a S porch, and a W tower. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 13thc and transepts were added in the 14thc. The W tower fell down before 1662 and was rebuilt in 1675. The nave and W tower are Norman in date with a small Norman window and a blocked N door.
Parish church
Only part of the 14th-century church survived the Victorian building campaign. The new 19th-century church contains two items of Romanesque date; the bowl of the font and the capitals used to create the lectern.
Parish church
Brixton Deverill is a small village 4 miles S of Warminster. The church has a 13thc chancel arch and a short W tower of the 13thc and 15thc. The only Romanesque carving is the font that was brought from Imber Church when that village became a military training ground in the Second World War.
Parish church
Broad Hinton is a small village about 5 miles SW of Swindon. The church dates from the 13thc with a 15thc W tower and a chancel that was rebuilt in 1879. It contains two carved, Norman stones set into the E wall of the nave.
Parish church
The church, located in the S of the village, consists of a nave, chancel, N porch, a small chapel of 2 bays and a W tower. The long and short quoins in the N wall survive from the Anglo-Saxon church which stood on this site and probably consisted of a nave and chancel. The font dates from the 12th century and the N door probably from the late 12th century.