Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene
REMAINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1303981
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
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- Date:
- 2003-05-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/09862/24
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1303981
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Statutory Address 1:
- REMAINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
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:
- REMAINS OF OLD CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- North Wootton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 65552 14796
Details
NORTH WOOTTON ST 61 SE - 10/76 Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene 31.7.61 - II* West tower of former parish church. Early C15. The nave and chancel were demolished about 1883 when the C19 church was built. Local rubble walls with freestone dressings. Roof covered with stone slates. Tower of 3 storeys with a low pyramidal roof and diagonal west buttresses. The west window is of one pointed light. The second stage has a small loop in the south wall. The bell-chamber has a 2-light window in the east and west walls, the former now blocked. The pointed tower-arch has chamfered reveals and is now blocked. Set in the blocking is a doorway with a C19 head and a triangular rear-arch. Adjoining the east face of the tower are the butt-ends of the destroyed nave. The tower is heavily ivy-grown, and in a ruinous condition. (RCHM, Dorset I, p 267(1)).
Listing NGR: ST6555214796
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 105618
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1974), 267
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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