Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael

The Tutankhamun Exhibition, 25, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UW

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1119061
Date first listed:: 08-May-1975
List Entry Name:: Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael
Statutory Address:: The Tutankhamun Exhibition, 25, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1119061
Date first listed:: 08-May-1975
List Entry Name:: Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael
Statutory Address 1:: The Tutankhamun Exhibition, 25, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UW

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Location

Statutory Address:: The Tutankhamun Exhibition, 25, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Dorchester
National Grid Reference:: SY 69059 90680

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 April 2024 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

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HIGH WEST STREET(south side) No 25, The Tutankhamun Exhibition Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael

(Formerly listed as Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael, HIGH WEST STREET)

GV II 1889. Originally the Church of St Michael at Westport, Wareham: removed here in 1906-7. Architect: Canon A Scoles. Rock-faced Portland with ashlar dressings. Pitched slate roof with tile cresting and coped gables. One storey. Aisleless. Corner buttresses and buttresses along west side. North end has three simple lancets with linked hood moulds, string above, rose window with bar tracery and hoodmould above that, and pointed niche with statue of Virgin and Child in gable end. West side has planked double doors in moulded pointed arch with hoodmould and plain tympanum. Six pairs of paired lancets with hood moulds

Nos 13 to 15 (consec), The Old Ship Public House, No 18, 19, The Royal Oak Public House, Nos 21 to 24 (consec) and Church of Our Lady form a group.

Listing NGR: SY6905990680

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Legacy System number:: 104360
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.