Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1108611
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH HILL
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- Reference:
- IOE01/11376/14
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1108611
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stalbridge
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 73346 18190
Details
ST 7318 STALBRIDGE CHURCH HILL (WEST SIDE)
6/10 (21/1) CHURCH OF ST MARY
2.10.60
GV II*
Parish Church. Nave, arcades and remains of North trancept late C14, North chapel
and chancel arcade early C16, North aisle 1838, tower 1868, chancel, old vestry
and other restoration 1878. Tower by Rev Henry Boucher, 1878 work by T H Wyatt.
Walls partially of dressed, squared and coursed rubble, with ashlar dressings and
partially of coursed rubble. Nave roof slated, chapel and vestry roofs tiled.
Nave with North and South aisles (North aisle incorporating former North trancept);
South trancept; South porch with tower over; Chancel with North chapel and former
vestry to South. Vestry arcade and entrance to South arcade now blocked and
converted to parish room. Generally in perpendicular style with north chapel
and former vestry in its C16 variant. South front has castellated tower of 4
stages over porch with diagonal stepped butresses, crocketted pinnacles and
slightly projecting ashlar stair tower. Porch has moulded ogee arch with label
having floriated finial and stops; 2nd stage has panelled tracery window under
2-centred arch; 3rd stage has clock; 4th stage has 2 lancets to bell loft and
attached pinnacles to butresses. Apart from former vestry and North chapel which
have mainly square headed cusped and uncusped windows with square labels windows
are generally of panel tracery under 2-centred arches-with cinqufoiled lights.
Remains of earlier window in East facade of North chapel. Internally 4-bay C14
nave arcades; 3-bay C16 chancel arcade and North chapel arch with carved winged
figures in capitals and former rood-vice doorway in respond; C14 piscina in
South trancept. Wagon roofs to nave, chancel and North trancept; angled wagon
roof to South trancept; flat ribbed roof to North chapel and aisle; sloping
ribbed roof on corbels to South aisle. Possibly medieval timbers above existing
ceiling. Various monuments including late C15 or early C16 table tomb with
cadaver effigy. Early C13 front. Pulpit, screen and most fittings C19. RCHM
'Dorset Vol III', HMSO 1970, p247-249; Newman J and Pevsner, 'Buildings of
England: Dorset', Penguin 1972, p395-396; Jones, Irene 'A Short History of
Stalbridge and St Mary's Church' n.d.
Listing NGR: ST7334618190
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 102324
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 247-249
Pevsner, N, Newman, J, The Buildings of England: Dorset, (1972), 395-396
Jones, I, A Short History of Stalbridge and St Marys Church, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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