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Church of Saint Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Puddletown, Dorset

  • St Mary: mostly Perpendicular, some early c14, chancel of 1910

  • St Mary: nave looking east, low pitched roof; Athelhampton chapel on right; early c20 chancel

  • St Mary: nave looking west; Perpendicular north arcade with small leaf capitals, west gallery of 1634

  • St Mary: Norman tumbler shaped font, palm leaf motif

  • St Mary: monuments to Martyn family in the Athelhampton Chapel

  • St Mary: knight & lady, c.1320, in Ham Hill stone

  • St Mary: knight presumed to be Robert Martyn, c.1375

  • St Mary: monument to member of Martyn family, presumed to be Thomas Martyn, d.1485

  • St Mary: Thomas Martyn, d.1485; alabaster with sallet, Yorkist collar, c.1475

  • St Mary: Yorkist suns & roses collar from the tomb of Thomas Martyn c.1475

  • St Mary: monument, probably to Sir William Martyn, d.1504, ape at foot

  • St Mary: monument, probably to Sir William Martyn, d.1504; repositioned in 2012

  • St Mary: effigy of Martyn knight, probably Sir William Martyn, d.1504; Lord Mayor of London, 1492

  • St Mary: Roger Cheverell, d.1517; civilian costume

  • St Mary: Christopher Martyn, d.1524; Trinity on left, kneeling figure in tabard

  • St Mary: monument to Nicholas Martyn, d.1595, & wife Margaret (Wadham); table below tester with brass on back wall

  • St Mary: Nicholas Martyn, d.1595, kneeling on cushion behind prayer desk

  • St Mary: Margaret Wadham, wife of Nicholas Martyn

  • St Mary: shield & crest from the brass to Nicholas Martyn, d.1595

  • St Mary: inscription from the brass to Nicholas Martyn, d. 1595

  • St Mary: wall monument to Brune family, c.1645, within classical frame, heirs of the Martyns

  • St Mary: bottom shield from the monument to Brune family, c.1645

  • St Mary, Puddletown, Dorset

  • Tower and south porch to St Mary's, Puddletown, Dorset

  • Tower of St Mary's, Puddletown, Dorset

  • Gallery and organ pipes of St Mary's, Puddletown, Dorset

  • North isle of St Mary's, Puddletown, Dorset

  • View down nave to west end of St Mary's, Puddletown, Dorset

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Entry Name: Church of Saint Mary

Listing Date: 26 January 1956

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1154532

English Heritage Legacy ID: 106296

ID on this website: 101154532

Location: St Mary's Church, Puddletown, Dorset, DT2

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Puddletown

Built-Up Area: Puddletown

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Puddletown with Athelhampton and Burleston St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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