Listed Building record MDO26915 - St Mary's church, Netherbury

Parish Church, C14 nave and aisles, with C14/15 chancel, C15 west tower. South porch rebuilt in 1848. Organ chamber and north vestry built in 1894. Rubble-stone and ashlar walls. Slate and lead roofs.

The church of Saint Mary is of local rubble and ashlar. The chancel and nave were rebuilt about the middle of the 14th century, together with the north and south aisles. The south aisle was rebuilt again in the 15th century, when the west tower was added and the chancel rebuilt.

The church was restored in the 19th century. (2,3)

St Mary's Church. Grade I. Three table-tombs, 2-5m East of the chancel are listed Grade II*. (4,5)

There is some evidence that Netherbury displays some evidence of minster characteristics. (6)

P.D.M, Notes on The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Netherbury, Dorset (Monograph). SDO18189.

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 79 (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), 170-172 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> DOE (HHR), 1952, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: DOE (HHR) Beaminster RD Aug 1952, 25 (Scheduling record). SDO17925.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24607 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB44/00930 (Index). SDO14738.

Looking between pews in St Mary's Church, Netherbury, towards a carved stone monument

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB45/01260 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, CC71/00282 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, CC71/00285 (Index). SDO14738.

Interior view of St Mary's Church, Netherbury, showing the east end of the north aisle

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24603 (Index). SDO14738.

Interior view of St Mary's Church, Netherbury, showing the east end of the north aisle. This print was accessioned by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England on 7th July 1971.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24604 (Index). SDO14738.

Looking between pews in St Mary's Church, Netherbury, towards a carved stone monument

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB44/00929 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury

<11> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24606 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury

<12> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24605 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the pulpit in St Mary's Church, Netherbury. This print was accessioned by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England on 7th July 1971.

<13> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 47039945) Ch (NAT)

<14> Department of the Environment, 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Burstock, Broadwindsor, Mapperton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Pilsdon, Powerstock and Stoke Abbott), 66, 69 (Scheduling record). SDO16351.

<15> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 303-4 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<16> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision, RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<17> Hall, T A, 2000, Minster Churches in the Dorset Landscape, 90, 95, 100, 101 (Monograph). SDO10264.

<18> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450002 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 1 2025 12:32PM