The three lancets of the west window now contain clear glass, but following the death in 1865 of the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, who lived at Broadlands, these were filled in his memory with glass by Clayton and Bell, paid for by public subscription. This was not an example of the best work by the firm, and the Vicar of the time, the Revd E L Berthon, declared them ‘the worst I have ever seen by Messrs Clayton and Bell’. The decoration was heavily patterned and would have cut out much of the light, so many people were relieved when they had to be removed following storm damage in 1961. The windows are in storage with the Hampshire Museums Service. The present clear glass allows the evening light to shine up the length of the nave and into the crossing area.
Walk towards the south door.
