Listed Building record MDO5316 - Parish church of St Mary, Winterborne Whitechurch

Parish church with an early 13th century chancel, 14th century crossing tower, 15th century south chapel and nave, aisles and porch of 1844, late 20th century west vestry. 1844 work by Benjamin Ferrey. Banded flint and ashlar and banded flint and rubble with ashlar dressings. Roofs part tiled and part stone-slated. Plan: nave with north and south aisles, south chapel, central crossing with tower, chancel, south porch.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY stands in the W. part of the village. The walls are of flint and rubble with ashlar dressings, and of banded flint and ashlar; the roofs are partly tiled and partly stone-slated. The Chancel dates from c. 1200 and there are traces of former North and South Transepts, now gone, which probably were of the same date. The Crossing was rebuilt early in the 14th century, possibly in consequence of the collapse of a former tower; the present Central Tower is of the 15th century. The South Chapel, on the site of the former S. transept, is of the mid 15th century. In 1844 the Nave was completely rebuilt and the North and South Aisles and the South Porch were added; the architect for these works was Benjamin Ferrey. <2,3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1969 (Map). SDO18658.

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<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 309-311 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1954, List of Buildings of Special Historic or Architectural Interest: Blandford Rural District, 22 (Scheduling record). SDO17701.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 488 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> DOE (HRR), June 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset amendment 1985, 71-2 (Scheduling record). SDO17834.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205798 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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