Listed Building record MDO14430 - St Michael's Church, Over Compton

A church standing in Compton Park. The building has walls of local rubble, part faced with ahlar, and the roof is covered with stone slates. The date of the church is uncertain, though the earliest clearly-identifiable features are fifteenth-century windows, and the west tower was added in the early fifteenth century. The building was restored and largely rebuilt in the 1820s, and there have been several other additions and restorations.

(ST 59451690). St Michael's Church [NAT]. (1)

Parish Church of St Michael. The nave is of uncertain date, the earliest details being the C15th windows. The West tower is of the early C15th. Restored and largely rebuilt by Robert Gooden in 1821-2, the chancel being restored again in 1877. (2-3)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 102-103 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 308-309 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1973 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 59451690). St Michael's Church [NAT]

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 882984 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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