St Cross Church Winchester
St Cross Church Winchester
St Cross Church Winchester
Venue Type: Church
Venue Location: City Centre
| ... a normal cathedral in miniature - quote from England's Thousand best Churches, by Simon Jenkins |
| The fine Transitional Norman Church is all that remains of the original Hospital. Building began in 1135 at the east end with the north porch added nearly 200 years later. The walls are over one metre thick and built from stone brought from as far afield as Caen (in Normandy), Dorset and the Isle of Wight, as well as some flint taken from the local chalk pits. In the church at the window nearest the eastern side of the north transept, the stone surround is strangely angled. On a pillar on the north aisle, is the cross of St Cross. Sunlight from the window falls on the cross only on 3rd May (the day in the church calendar of the Invention of the Cross) and 14th September (Holy Cross Day). |
St Cross Church Winchester
Address:
St Cross Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9SD [view map]
St Cross Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9SD [view map]
Venue Website: www.stcross.f2s.com/church.htm