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Christchurch Priory and Parish Church

A Grade I Listed Building in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • Christchurch Priory: Norman nave, 1150; clerestory added 1290; vaulting is Victorian

  • Christchurch Priory: late c15 Perpendicular choir with lierne vaulting

  • Christchurch Priory: High Altar Jesse screen, c.1350

  • Christchurch Priory: Salisbury Chantry (Lady Margaret Pole, 1529, ex. 1541) from the north choir aisle side

  • Christchurch Priory: Salisbury Chantry; niches with nodding ogees

  • Christchurch Priory: Salisbury Chantry, 1529, from the choir side; two bays of four lights, cresting & finials

  • Christchurch Priory: Salisbury Chantry interior

  • Christchurch Priory: William Berkeley Chantry, 1473-75, d.1485; cornice of carved angels, damaged niche for statue to the right; remnants of original paint

  • Christchurch Priory: William Berkeley Chantry interior, painted c.1486, showing red and white roses uniting Lancaster and York

  • Christchurch Priory: Robert Harys Chantry, 1525: threelight windows with four-centred arches; niches above door and on either side

  • Christchurch Priory: John Chideock c.1450, recumbent effigy of mid c15 knight

  • Christchurch Priory: early c16 misericord of a tumbler or jester

  • Christchurch Priory - Choir stalls and misericords

  • The Priory from the castle

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Entry Name: Christchurch Priory and Parish Church

Listing Date: 14 October 1953

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1110141

English Heritage Legacy ID: 101493

ID on this website: 101110141

Location: Priory House, Wick, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, BH23

County: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Parish: Christchurch

Built-Up Area: Christchurch

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Christchurch Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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