Listed Building record MDO14186 - Parish Church of Saint Peter, Langton Herring

14th century nave and chancel, west tower added in the early 19th century. Drastically restored in 1827 & 1858 when the vestry and south aisle were added.

Parish Church of St Peter. The chancel and nave windows suggest a rebuilding of an earlier church, of the C 14. West tower is late C 18. The church was drastically restored in 1827 and 1858. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 130 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(1) PARISH CHURCH OF ST. PETER stands in the village. The walls are of local rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are slate-covered. There is little evidence of the date of the building but windows in the Chancel and Nave may indicate that it was built or rebuilt in the 14th century. It is said to have been severely damaged by fire in the 17th century. The West Tower was added probably late in the 18th or early in the 19th century. The church was drastically restored in 1827 and 1858 when the Vestry and South Aisle seem to have been added and the nave largely rebuilt.’

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 250 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1982 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY 6143 8246) St Peter's Church [NAT]

<4> Langton Herring and its Church (Monograph). SDO18174.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868691 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 5:24PM