Listed Building record MDO1207 - St Peter's church, Goathill

A parish church built in the thirteenth century. It was largely rebuilt in 1804, and restored in 1873 and 1878. A late 13th-century window is incorporated into the wall of the nave.

St Peters' Church. With the exception of the North nave wall, the church appears to have been rebuilt in 1804. The chancel was restored in 1873 and the nave restored in 1878. The nave wall contains a late C13th window. <1> <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 119 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(1) Parish church of St Peter stands on the E. side of the parish. With the possible exception of much of the N. wall of the Nave the church seems to have been largely rebuilt perhaps in 1804, the date on the W. gable; the chancel was restored in 1873 and the nave was re-roofed in 1878. The church has no ancient features except a late 13th century window, in the N. wall of the nave, of one trefoiled light with a label.
Fittings- Communion Table: with turned legs and plain rails, 17th century, top modern. Font: tapering cylindrical bowl with rounded band and chamfered base, 12th century. Glass: In E. window- four roundels (a) a triple crown; (b) a lily-pot with the initials W.I. and S.I., both 16th century; (c ) and (d) fragments made up into shields, 17th century. Piscina: In chancel- recess with trefoiled head and semi-circular drain, 14th century. Plate: includes a cup of 1642 with a band of engraved ornament round the bowl, given by John Molins, 1711, and a cover-paten probably of the 17th century'.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 217 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1979 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 6753 1721) St Peter's Church (NAT)

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 887660 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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