History in Structure

Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael

A Grade II Listed Building in Dorchester, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7149 / 50°42'53"N

Longitude: -2.4396 / 2°26'22"W

OS Eastings: 369059

OS Northings: 90680

OS Grid: SY690906

Mapcode National: GBR PY.RF8B

Mapcode Global: FRA 57S6.1DH

Plus Code: 9C2VPH76+X5

Entry Name: Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael

Listing Date: 8 May 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1119061

English Heritage Legacy ID: 104360

ID on this website: 101119061

Location: Dorchester, Dorset, DT1

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Dorchester

Built-Up Area: Dorchester

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Dorchester and West Stafford

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 April 2024 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

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HIGH WEST STREET(south side)
No 25, The Tutankhamun Exhibition
Former Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael

(Formerly listed as Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Michael, HIGH WEST STREET)

GV
II
1889. Originally the Church of St Michael at Westport, Wareham: removed here in 1906-7. Architect: Canon A Scoles. Rock-faced Portland with ashlar dressings. Pitched slate roof with tile cresting and coped gables. One storey. Aisleless. Corner buttresses and buttresses along west side. North end has three simple lancets with linked hood moulds, string above, rose window with bar tracery and hoodmould above that, and pointed niche with statue of Virgin and Child in gable end. West side has planked double doors in moulded pointed arch with hoodmould and plain tympanum. Six pairs of paired lancets with hood moulds

Nos 13 to 15 (consec), The Old Ship Public House, No 18, 19, The Royal Oak Public House, Nos 21 to 24 (consec) and Church of Our Lady form a group.

Listing NGR: SY6905990680

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