This Victorian church of 1861-62 is located in the small hamlet of High Cross in rural E Hampshire. It was designed by Edward H. Martineau in the Early English style with irregular flint facings, Bath stone dressings and slated roofs. The bell tower, which culminates in an octagonal bell stage topped by a spire, projects from the W end of the nave to form a S porch. The five-bay N aisle incorporates elements of a 12thc arcade from Froxfield church. A vestry and former harmonium chamber open off the N side of the chancel, but the organ has been moved to the E bay of the aisle.

Froxfield was mentioned in a document of the 10^th century, but not in Domesday Book (VCH). At that time Froxfield formed part of the episcopal manor of East Meon (VCH). The parish of Froxfield became Froxfield and Privett in 2013.

The current church was designed by Edward H. Martineau to replace a dilapidated medieval church at nearby Froxfield Green (formerly Froxfield), SW of High Cross. The new location, more central within the parish, could seat a congregation of 351. For the next 25 years the chancel of the medieval church was retained as a mortuary chapel, but in 1886-87 a new church, St Peter’s on the Green, was built on the site to designs by Arthur W. Blomfield.

A photograph showing the demolition of the medieval church in Froxfield reveals that the arcade originally opened into a S aisle. This may have been an addition to an earlier church, comprising a nave, central tower and chancel, with W and N porches, as depicted in an ‘artist’s impression’ hanging in St Peter’s. The sketch does not show features diagnostic of date.

The capitals are misidentified as cushions in the National Heritage List for England. The general consensus places the arcade in the late 12thc (VCH and Bullen et al.). It is one of a number of late 12thc arcades with round piers and capitals, including scallops, found throughout E Hampshire. The play on the scallop motif found in Pier 3 is unusually sophisticated.

The stonework of the arcade is in the soft, chalky limestone of the region while the new stonework of 1861-62 is distinguished by the golden tinge typical of Bath stone.