Listed Building record MDO13882 - Church of St Peter, Farrington, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

The font is twelfth century, but nothing else appears to survive of the medieval church, which was extensively rebuilt in 1856 and restored again in 1899. The building is is of Greensand, with rough ashlar walls and finer ashlar dressings. The roof is of tile and stone slates. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Church of St. John the Baptist, Farrington was mainly rebuilt in 1839 but contains a font of the 12th century. <1>

Pevsner and Newman refer to the building as Chapel, but give no dedication. <4>

The building at ST 84151507 is not depicted as a church on OS 1:10,000 1983. <5>

Church of St john the Baptist. Grade II. The fittings have been removed. <6>

<1> DOE (HHR), 1954, List of Buildings of Special Historic or Architectural Interest: Blandford Rural District (Scheduling record). SDO17701.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, 1962 (Map). SDO11924.

(ST 84151507) St. John the Baptist's Church (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 127-128 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(2) The Church of St. Peter, Farrington (84151507), at the N. end of the parish and 2 m. N.W. of the parish church, was extensively rebuilt in 1856 and was again restored in 1899. It is a rectangular building of Greensand, with rough ashlar walls and finer ashlar dressings, roofed with stone-slates and tiles. The walls have chamfered double plinths. Weathered diagonal buttresses stand at the corners and a square-set buttress in the middle of each side. The W. gable culminates in a stone bell-cote dated 1839. The font is of the 12th century, but nothing remains identifiable of the mediaeval building.'

<4> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 203 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<5> Graty, D J, Field Investigators Comments DJG, DJG 20 3 84 (Unpublished document). SDO17664.

<6> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206028 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 15 2022 10:29AM