Description

PORTLAND

SY6871 CHURCH OPE ROAD, Easton
969-1/4/28 (South side)
16/01/51 Ruins of Church of St. Andrew

II*

Ruins of former Anglican parish church. C12 lower part part of
chancel walls with N respond of chancel arch and S footings of
nave; reconstructed with a narrower nave in C14; abandoned mid
C18. Rubble with ashlar dressings. Remnants only of walls and
the tower base exist; of the tower the N side has chamfered
pointed arch and walling to c 3m high, as also W. Some parts
of dressed openings to E and S, with 5 plain steps. Nave floor
lower than tower. W wall stands to c 4m and c 3m to N. Former
S aisle indicated by remains of 3 piers with water-holding
bases, and remains of detached shaft with arch from chancel,
down 2 steps. The ruins are much overgrown (May 1991); they
were also disturbed by a bomb during World War II. Site
excavated by J. Merrick Head in 1898.
(Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London:
1970-: 249).

Listing NGR: SY6967971106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Andrew's Church, Portland at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7592356

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