Listed Building record MDO3513 - Church of St Nicholas, Ashmore

Parish church, rebuilt in 1874 by Charles Edwards of Exeter. The walls of the building are of greensand and flint in chequerwork style, and it has a gable-ended, tiled roof with stone copings.

The church of St Nicholas, rebuilt in 1874, is said to contain a 13th century, chancel arch. Fittings from the old church are incorporated in the present building. <2>

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 73 (Article in serial). SDO21411.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1963 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 91131777) Church (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 1 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(1) The Parish Church of St. Nicholas was rebuilt in 1874. A two-centred archway of two plain orders with continuous jambs, opening into the N. vestry from the E. end of the N. aisle in the rebuilt church, is said to be the old chancel arch, reset. The arch may be of the 13th century, but since Hutchins (III, 370) says that the former chancel arch did not correspond with its piers, the responds must be of 1874. Fittings from the old church are incorporated in the present building.'

<3> History of Church of St. Nicholas, Ashmore (Monograph). SDO18226.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209991 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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May 1 2025 10:42AM