St James Woodcott, first pass. It’s a small single-cell
church with a “bell turret” at least that’s what Historic England calls
it. Simplest form of housing for a
church bell. There are a few of these in
my study area, but not very common. 1853
no architect given. I’m not sure I can
get to this one by bus, some arm-twisting may be called for. There are farms at Upper & Lower Woodcott
about a kilometre apart and a handful of houses between.. So it’s a sparsely populated farming area a
little to the south of Highclere, visible no doubt from the iron-age settlement
on Beacon Hill
Time to look at some towers without spires. I will start
with the Church of the Ascension at Bughclere, a small village around 1900
which has expanded greatly since. The church is from 1838 by George Guillaume
of Southampton, a cruciform plan with a substantial tower at the West End. The choir and vestry were added a little
later. Using the schedules and sorting
by the Architect field,…