Listed Building record MDO44632 - St Andrew's Church, Burstock

Parish Church. Nave, possibly 12th century core, 15th century west tower, and north chapel, 20th century chancel and south porch. Restoration of 1877. Ham stone ashlar walls. 12th century font.

The thick walls of the nave of Saint Andrew's church may indicate that it dates from the 12th century. The south doorway is 13th century, partly restored. The north chapel and the west tower date from the early 15th century when the chancel was rebuilt. The church was drastically restored in 1877, when the chancel was rebuilt again. The south porch is modern. <1>

Parish Church of St Andrew. The font is a tub-bowl with plain rim and cable band, C12th or C13th. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 56-57 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) Parish Church of St. Andrew stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of local rubble with ashlar and dressings of the same material; the roofs are slate-covered. The thick walls of the Nave may indicate that it dates from the 12th century but there is no other evidence of this. Early in the 15th century the Chancel was rebuilt and the North Chapel added; the West Tower was built about the same time. The church was drastically restored in 1877, when the Chancel was rebuilt; the South Porch is modern. …'

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 42220291) St. Andrew's Church (NAT)

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 123 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193114 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 16 2025 4:31PM