Church of St John
CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1211555
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1211555
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN
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 JOHN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Corscombe
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 51673 01540
Details
CORSCOMBE TOLLER WHELME
ST 50 SW
5/226 CHURCH OF ST JOHN
GV II
Church. 1869-71 by Warr. Paid for by the Pope family of Toller Whelme.
South-West Tower-porch. Nave. Chancel. Rubble-stone walls, with a
chamfered stone plinth. Slate roofs with stone gable-copings. 2 gable-
crosses, at nave and chancel. Tower, with stone quoins, of 2 stages with
string, cornice and crenellated parapet. South doorway: pointed arch
with a continuous moulding. Label over with foliage-stops. 2-leaf wooden
door. Cusped lancet to ground, and lancet to upper level. Nave: 2
windows with trefoil-cusped lancet and quirked straight-chamfered jambs.
Chancel: East window with 3 main trefoil-cusped lights, with quatrefoil
tracery in the head. Labels with square stops. Interior: aisleless
nave with single rafter roof, with plank ceiling. Wooden quatrefoil wall-
plate. Chancel-arch with 2 bracket mouldings and a sunk quadrant between.
Pyramidal bases. Small north vestry with a pointed doorhead. Fittings:
Font: small octagonal stone bowl and stem with sunk quatrefoils in each face.
Panelled stem. Metal bowl inside. Small metal canopy with cross over.
Pulpit: wooden with chamfered corners, 4 wooden steps up and handrails.
Lancet panels. Stained Glass: East window, Crucifixion, 1868, inscription.
Brass plate below window refers to building of the church.
Source: N Pevsner, Dorset, p426.
Listing NGR: ST5167301540
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 395899
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Newman, J, The Buildings of England: Dorset, (1972), 426
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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