The Anglican church of St. Saviour's and its former parsonage, in the historic Hampshire parish of Mortimer West End, lie on the northern shoulder of the valley of the eastward-draining West End Brook that dissects an extensive plateau underlain by the Pleistocene Silchester Gravel and the Bagshot and London Clay Formations (early Tertiary).

The sponsor (and effectively the builder) was Richard Fellowes Benyon of Englefield House, Englefield in Berkshire, who had in 1854 inherited the Englefield Estate onthe death of his uncle.

Designed by the London architect Richard Armstrong Snr, the church and parsonage were erected over a 20-month period in 1855-6, at a total cost of £3013, of which £473 represents various materials, goods and services provided directly by the Englefield Estate.

There is seating for a mere 80 or so people, making it one of the most costly churches in the region. The church, lying outside its 'geological zone' of the Chalk Group, is a small building in the Gothic style, consisting of an aisleless nave, chancel, north porch and north vestry; another vestry was added in 1901-2 at the western end.

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A Cycling Journey

June 18, 2021

As a [hopefully] useful addendum, having recently run out of water in one of the hottest days of the year I found an incredibly helpful water tap beside the entrance to the left side of the church.

There was no indication on whether the water is OK for drinking or not, so you do you, but it really saved my bacon in that one situation.

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Location: Mortimer West End, Basingstoke And Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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