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WINTERBORNE HOUGHTON
ST 80 SW - 6/104 Church of St Andrew
14-7-55
- II Parish church, 1861 by T H Wyatt. Flint with random rubble, banded brick and
flint, part rendered, tiled roofs. Plan: nave, chancel, west tower, south porch,
north aisle and vestry. North arcade now blocked to form parish room in former
aisle. Embattled 2 stage tower has a pointed west window of 3-lights and
Perpendicular tracery. Above are twin lancets. Belfry has 2-light square-
headed Perpendicular windows with returned labels. All other windqws are Cl9
with Perpendicular tracery and have square, pointed or segmental-pointed heads
and are of 1, 2 or 3 lights. Gabled south porch. Plank door with wrought-iron
strap hinges. Internal features: 3 bay, blocked, stilted, segmental pointed arcade on octagonal
columns with moulded capitals and bases; pointed chancel arch of 2 hollow
chamfered orders, the innermost of which dies into the responds; tower arch of
2 chamfered orders dying into the responds; nave has hammer beam roof with
arch-braced collars, king-posts and struts; chancel has wagoon roof; C15 font
with octagonal bowl, with quatrefoil panels enclosing leaf carving all on an
octagonal stem; other fittings largely C19. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.III, p.297,
no. 1. Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972,
p.481. )
Listing NGR: ST8202904398
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Legacy System number:
103380
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Sources
Books and journals Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 297 Pevsner, N, Newman, J, The Buildings of England: Dorset, (1972), 481
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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