All_Saints_Church,_East_Meon
All Saints Church, East Meon
Church in Hampshire, England
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]