Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1154550
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1154550
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sturminster Marshall
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 91317 98933
Details
STURMINSTER MARSHALL SY 99 NW ALMER 9/50 Church of St Mary 18.3.55 - I Parish church. C12 nave and north arcade, C14 rebuilding of the north aisle, west tower of C15, south wall of nave and south porch C18 (1720), chancel rebuilt late C19, restoration of 1908. Walls of ironstone rubble (some flintwork) with large quoins, bands of limestone, ironstone ashlar of small (chancel) and large (nave) blocks, with limestone dressings; plinth, eaves moulding to part. Tile roof, with stone slates to the lower courses. The nave south wall has two round-headed windows with a simple architrave and key; the north aisle wall is mainly C14 with three windows (2 of the C14), and the west end shows earlier masonry and the remains of a north door; the chancel has a window to each wall of C14 style. The tower is of two (external) stages, with a crenellated parapet and corner pinnacles, coupled traceried openings to the bell stage, and a lower window on the west face, plinth, weathered band and moulded band below the parapet. The south porch contains a re-set Norman doorway. Inside, the Norman arcade has round arches on cylindrical columns, with scalloped caps and square bases; the tall tower arch has two moulded orders, the Purbeck font (c1400) has an octagonal bowl with coupled arches to each face, supported on a narrow column, which rests on a C13 inverted bowl (itself re-cut). The fittings are 1908, but there is a Royal Coat of Arms of George III, 1800, and a small inscribed brass of 1517. RCHM
Listing NGR: SY9132098931
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 107675
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970)
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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