Listed Building record MDO5170 - St Mary's church, Turnworth

Church, 15th century west tower, remainder 1869 by G R Crickmay after J Hicks with some input by Thomas Hardy. Banded flint and rubble with tiled roof having stone copings. West tower; nave; chancel; north aisle and organ chamber, south porch.

he Parish Church of St. Mary was rebuilt in 1869, except for the West Tower which is of circa 1500, with walls of banded flint and Greensand ashlar in two main stages. <2,3>

Church of St Mary. Grade 2* <4,5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1968 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 82110748) Church

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 290-1 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1954, List of Buildings of Special Historic or Architectural Interest: Blandford Rural District (Scheduling record). SDO17701.

<4> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset, 39 (Scheduling record). SDO17644.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 430-1 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF051594 (Index). SDO14738.

ST MARY'S CHURCH, TURNWORTH: File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205600 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 2:00PM