Listed Building record MDO26802 - Church of St Mary, Maiden Newton

Parish Church. Cl2 tower, lower parts, and north and west walling in nave. Chancel and West tower arch rebuilt, c.1400. South Transept and South aisle added in C15. Porch added c.1500. Church restored in C19. North Vestry of 1886, and Organ chamber off North Vestry. Local rubble and flint walls, with ashlar and dressings of Ham Hill stone. Roofs are covered with lead, tiles and stone slates.

(SY59629782) St Mary's Church [NAT] (1)

Parish Church of St Mary. C12th tower, lower ports, and West walling in Nave. Chancel and West tower arch rebuilt ca.1400. South tramept and South aisle added in C15th. Church restored in C19th. Grade I. (2-4)

The Tympanum of the North doorway is entirely plain. Dated to ca. 1110-1140 AD. (5)

A fragment of a sculpture, perhaps depicting an angel,

Hereward, G E S, 1974, Guide to the Church of St. Mary, Maiden Newton, Dorset (Monograph). SDO18179.

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 77-78 (Article in serial). SDO21411.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 150-2 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 264-5 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984 (Serial). SDO84.

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<4> Department of the Environment, 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 33 (Scheduling record). SDO16362.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1986 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY59629782) St Mary's Church [NAT]

<6> Thurlby, Malcolm, 2001, Aspects of Romanesque Ecclesiastical Architecture in Dorset: Wimborne Minster, Sherborne Abbey, Forde Abbey Chapter-House and St Mary's, Maiden Newton. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 13-17 (Article in serial). SDO15330.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884305 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 1 2025 12:34PM