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Parish Church of the Holy Rood

A Grade II* Listed Building in Wool, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.6776 / 50°40'39"N

Longitude: -2.2172 / 2°13'1"W

OS Eastings: 384750

OS Northings: 86463

OS Grid: SY847864

Mapcode National: GBR 21J.J7X

Mapcode Global: FRA 6778.XR6

Plus Code: 9C2VMQHM+34

Entry Name: Parish Church of the Holy Rood

Listing Date: 20 November 1959

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1120365

English Heritage Legacy ID: 108870

Also known as: Holy Rood Church, Wool

ID on this website: 101120365

Location: Holy Rood Church, Wool, Dorset, BH20

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Wool

Built-Up Area: Wool

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Wool, East Burton and Combe Keynes

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Tagged with: Church building

Description


SY 8486 19/409 WOOL CHURCH LANE 20.11.59 (South-West Side)

Parish Church of the Holy Rood

II*

Parish church. C13 origin, enlarged in C15. Enlarged again and part rebuilt in C19. Stone walls, roofs part tiled, part lead-covered. Parapets to gables, with stone copings. Nave, north and south aisles of four bays, chancel with vestry on north, north porch, west tower. Tower, C15, of three states, has battlemented parapet, and semi-octagonal stair turret on south. Top stage has 2-light windows with lattice filling. Centre stage has slit window on south. Lowest stage has 3-light west window with Perpendicular tracery. South aisle, C19, has battlemented parapet. Three reset C15 square-headed 3-light windows, and doorway of similar date with depressed 4-centred arch. Chancel, C19, has two 2-light windows in south wall and a 3-light east window, all in C15 style. 'North aisle, C15, has parapet and added C19 buttresses. One 2-light and one 3-light window. Porch rebuilt C19 but incorporates reset C15 outer arch. Inner arch has depressed 4-centred head. Internally, two centre bays of north arcade are C13 with circular piers and moulded caps. West bay C15, in similar style. East bay C19. South arcade is C19, copying the north arcade. Chancel rebuilt in C19. Chancel arch, late C14, divided into three arched sections, forming a stone "screen". All roofs C19, of pine, of hammer-beam form in chancel, arch-braced scissor trusses in nave. Most fittings C19, font, C15, built against pier of north arcade.

Listing NGR: SY8475086463

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