Listed Building record MDO10928 - Parish church, Chilcombe

Twelfth century nave core with fourteenth century rebuilding and fifteenth century fenestration. Rubble stone walls with a chamfered stone plinth, rendered on south wall. Slate roof with stone slab eaves. Stone gable-copings with apex-blocks and small crosses over. Stone bell-cote at west gable.

Parish Church of unknown dedication. C12th nave and chancel, cove with C14th rebuilding and C15th fenestration. Nave, chancel and South porch, Norman font. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 96 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are of local rubble, cement-rendered on the E. and S., with dressings of the same material; the roofs are covered with slates and stone slates. The S. wall of the Nave dates from the 12th century and the Chancel is probably of the same period. The chancel-arch was rebuilt late in the 14th century and the N. and W. sides of the nave were perhaps rebuilt in the 15th century. The South Porch is of 18th-century or modern date. The church has been restored in modern times.'

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1965 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY52879108) Church [NAT]

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 153 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884607 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 4:39PM