Parish church The
Church of England parish church is dedicated to
St Nicholas. The
Grade I listed building is partly
Norman and partly later
medieval. The
tower is of brick and was built in 1612. It contains eight bells, the largest six of which were cast in the 17th century; the two lightest bells were added in 1911. The church was restored in the 19th century by W. Fellows Prynne. Burial monuments include those of Lady Margaret Savile (d. 1631), widow of
Sir Henry Savile, Provost of
Eton College. which was probably built by
Sir Montague Blundell just after 1720. It was later the home of the
Leveson-Gower family. Work on the house was done by
Henry Flitcroft in c. 1735–6 and
Matthew Brettingham in 1746. Haineshill (Haines Hill House), on the B3018 east of Hurst, is a substantial Grade II* listed house built in c. 1630–1635 for
Sir Francis Windebank The house was later owned by Thomas Colleton Garth, who founded the Garth Hunt, first meeting there in 1852. Hinton House, on Hinton Road, also Grade II* listed, was built c. 1600–1620 in red brick for William Hide. It was most recently part of the Dolphin School. Hurst House, northwest of the church, was built in 1847 for Archibald Cameron, vicar of Hurst, and incorporates an older house built in 1530 by
Richard Warde, who was sub-Treasurer of
Henry VIII and later a member of Parliament for
Berkshire and
Windsor. Hurst Lodge, on Broadcommon Road, is a Grade II* listed 17th-century house built for the Barker family, and later the property of the
Countess of Buchan. ==Local government==