Listed Building record MDO17290 - Parish Church of St Nicholas, Chaldon Herring

Parish Church. C14 origin, partly rebuilt and enlarged in C19. Stone walls - roofs part tiled, part stone slated. Gabled roofs with parapets.

Church of St Nicholas. The West tower and North nave wall are all that survive of the C14th church. The tower was not completed until the C15th when the North porch was added. The chancel was rebuilt 1877-8 when the south aisle and South arcade was built, or rebuilt. Font of late C11th date. <1> <3>

In a discussion of whether Chaldon Herring might have had minster status, Hall suggests that the evidence supports it being a high status church, but there is not enough evidence to support its inclusion as a minster. <4>

<1> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 136 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1960 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY79008312) St Nicholas's Church [NAT]

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 34 (Monograph). SDO148.

<4> Hall, T A, 2000, Minster Churches in the Dorset Landscape, 93 (Monograph). SDO10264.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 891456 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 4:35PM