Finchingfield Property For Sale & Rent

There can be few more photographed scenes than Finchingfield's pond and green backed with its cottages and church in its perfect setting close by the River Pant. This great popularity has not at all affected its charm which owes a great deal to its irregularity and unplanned appearance.

The Church of St John stands on a hill where its Norman tower, surmounted by a pretty 18th-cent. cupola, dominates the village. The nave, aisles and chancel show the work of later centuries and the last-mentioned has a clerestory, an unusual feature. Inside are some exceptional screens, that for the rood being particularly com­plicated in its design. Among the monuments and brasses of interest is a sculpture by Westmacott (1811). Near the church is the former Guildhall, a timber-framed building, c. 1500, and opposite the church on the other side of the green is Hill House whose five barge-boarded gables present a strik­ing face to the general view of the village. To the north is a fine windmill of the post variety and near it a hexagonal cottage, known as The Round House, built in the late 18th cent, by the owners of Spains Hall, the major mansion of the area situated about 1 m. to the north west.

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