Ruins of Church of St Andrew
RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH OPE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205384
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1951
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH OPE ROAD
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- 2001-09-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/05395/32
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205384
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1951
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH OPE ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, CHURCH OPE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portland
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 69679 71106
Details
PORTLAND
SY6871 CHURCH OPE ROAD, Easton 969-1/4/28 (South side) 16/01/51 Ruins of Church of St. Andrew
II*
Ruins of former Anglican parish church. C12 lower part part of chancel walls with N respond of chancel arch and S footings of nave; reconstructed with a narrower nave in C14; abandoned mid C18. Rubble with ashlar dressings. Remnants only of walls and the tower base exist; of the tower the N side has chamfered pointed arch and walling to c 3m high, as also W. Some parts of dressed openings to E and S, with 5 plain steps. Nave floor lower than tower. W wall stands to c 4m and c 3m to N. Former S aisle indicated by remains of 3 piers with water-holding bases, and remains of detached shaft with arch from chancel, down 2 steps. The ruins are much overgrown (May 1991); they were also disturbed by a bomb during World War II. Site excavated by J. Merrick Head in 1898. (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London: 1970-: 249).
Listing NGR: SY6967971106
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 381920
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 249
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