Description

ST 60 NW HERMITAGE HERMITAGE VILLAGE 4/101 31-7-61 Church of St Mary GV II*

Parish Church, possibly C14 origin with much C17 restoration (possibly 1682) and rebuilding c 1800. Coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings. Gable ended stone slate roof with west ashlar bellcote having ball finial and coping. Chamfered plinth. Plan: nave, chancel and south porch. South nave windows of 3 uncusped lights with 'perpendicular' tracery with the upper central mullions apparently missing. North nave windows are of 2 lights under 2 centred heads with 'flowing' tracery. The west nave wall bears two windows, each of one pointed light with a buttress between. East chancel window similar to those of north nave. The south chancel wall has a pair of lancets. The north chancel door has a 2-centred head. South nave door has a chamfered, 2-centred head with continuous jambs. Porch is gabled with a stone slated roof and has a 2-centred, chamfered doorway with continuous jambs. Internal features: ribbed plastered barrel vault roofs, probably C18; that to the chancel has carved bosses; C18 turned communion rails; probably C17 round font on octagonal stem with moulded capital; C19/C20 pulpit and pews; C17 floor slabs in chancel. West buttress bears inscriptions dated 1682 and 1799. West wall has reset medieval corbel and east wall has reset head stop or corbel. RCHM, Dorset, Vol I, p.122-3, no 1. Newman J and Pevsner N, The Buildings of England: Dorset, Penguin, 1972, p.227.

Listing NGR: ST6496806956

External Links

• Wikidata Q17541674

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)