page_title: Shalden
section_title: Notable landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Shalden / Notable landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Peter and Paul parish church, Shalden, Hampshire, seen from the south
context_page_description: Shalden is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.3 miles northwest of Alton and 1.9 miles northeast of Bentworth, just off the A339 road. The parish covers an area of 1,536 acres and has an average elevation of 600 feet above sea level. The nearest railway station is Alton, 2.5 miles southeast of the village. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 435.
  Bronze Age and Roman remains have been found in the area. The manor of Shalden was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, and was included in the Odiham Hundred. A Saxon church was in the village, but was destroyed and replaced with a newer church, which was constructed in 1863. The village contains twelve Grade II listed landmarks, including St Peter and St Paul's church, Shalden Lodge and Manor Farmhouse, a Grade II* listed building.
context_section_description: Listed buildings and landmarks in Shalden
  The following are the listed buildings in Shalden. The listings are graded:
  Aylesfield Farmhouse (II)
  Barn at Shalden Farm (II)
  Church of St Peter and St Paul (II)
  Garden wall extending from Shalden Lodge and including a service building (II)
  Greenmount Cottage (II)
  Honeycombe Cottage (II)
  Manor Farmhouse (II*)
  Shalden Lodge (II)
  Stable near the Manor Farmhouse (II)
  The Old Cottage (II)
  The Old Forge (II)
  The Thatched Cottage (II)
  The present church, St Peter and St Paul, was built in 1863, and is reminiscent of the 13th century in design. The bell-cot contains one modern bell. The old Saxon church stood a few feet to the south of the present one, and has been completely destroyed. The only piece of architecture that remains of the Saxon church is the font, which was re-used for the new church. The front dates from the 15th century and is of octagonal form, with a moulded octagonal stem and a panelled bowl.
  The old Saxon church was given by William Mauditt to the prior and convent of Southwick between 1147 and 1153. The grant was confirmed by Pope Eugenius III and Pope Urban III in 1185. In the present church, a book of the registers contains baptisms from 1686 and marriages and burials from 1687, baptisms running to 1790, and marriages to 1753. The churchyard contains the Commonwealth war grave of a Machine Gun Corps soldier of World War I.
  Shalden contains twelve Grade II listed buildings, in addition to one Grade II* listed building. St Peter and St Paul's church is a Grade II building, and the Manor Farmhouse in Shalden Lane is a Grade II* building. The Manor Farmhouse a late-medieval hall house, built with a timber framed structure that covers two stories, dates from the 16th century, with early 19th-century cladding and 20th-century extensions. The house has a boarded door and a large porch. Inside are two wide fireplaces and a room with a Tudor arch. Shalden Lodge, another Grade II building, dates from the late 18th century, with early and late 19th-century alterations and additions.
caption: The modern church of St Peter and St Paul contains a remnant of its original 13th-century design.
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