St Mary's Church ~ Porchester Castle

This church was built within the walls of Portchester Castle. It was built for a priory of Augustinian canons founded in about 1128 by Henry I. Built soon after 1130, the church is largely complete. It has hardly been altered since. Fire damage to the building by Dutch prisoners in 1653 was finally repaired by Queen Anne's Bounty in 1706-10. Queen Anne's Bounty was an act to give more money to poor clergy and churches. The building was restored in 1888.

The PiP shows the space within the fort walls between the church and the castle, which is in the opposite corner.