English Heritage sites near Bishops Sutton Parish
THE GRANGE AT NORTHINGTON
4 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
Set like a lakeside temple in a landscaped park, The Grange at Northington is the foremost example of the Greek Revival style in England.
WOLVESEY CASTLE (OLD BISHOP'S PALACE)
8 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
Wolvesey has been an important residence of the wealthy and powerful Bishops of Winchester since Anglo-Saxon times.
FLOWERDOWN BARROWS
10 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
Three Bronze Age burial mounds, once part of a much larger 'barrow cemetery', including two bowl barrows, and the largest and finest disc barrow in Hampshire.
BISHOP'S WALTHAM PALACE
10 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
The ruins of a medieval palace (together with later additions) used by the Bishops and senior clergy of Winchester as they travelled through their diocese.
SOUTHWICK PRIORY
14 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
Remains of a wealthy Augustinian priory, originally founded at Portchester: once a famous place of pilgrimage. Only part of the refectory wall survives.
TITCHFIELD ABBEY
16 miles from Bishops Sutton Parish
The ruins of a 13th century Premonstratensian abbey, later converted into a Tudor mansion. The church was rebuilt as a grand turreted gatehouse.
Churches in Bishops Sutton Parish
St Nicholas
Church Lane
Bishop's Sutton
Alresford
01962 773075
http://stpetersropley.org.uk/
Parish Church. C12, C13, C14, C18, C19. Rubble flint with stone and some brick dressings, once rendered, old plain tile roof, weatherboarded bell turret. Nave C12, narrower Chancel late C13, with demolished C14 building to N, W bell turret C18 S porch, C19 N vestry opposite. Chancel rebuilt late C13 has E window of 3 stepped trefoiled lancets under enclosing arch, single trefoiled half way along side walls.
Pubs in Bishops Sutton Parish
Ship Inn
Bishop's Sutton, SO24 0AQ
(01962) 732863
theshipinnbishopssutton.co.uk/