Listed Building record MDO14448 - Parish Church of All Saints, Poyntington

Parish Church. C12 nave walling, C14 south aisle, north porch, west tower, with top stage added in C15. Chancel with south vestry rebuilt 1863. Tower again restored in 1905-6. Local rubble walls, with freestone dressings. Clay-tile roofs to nave and chancel.

(ST 6501 1998) All Saints Church (NAT). (1)

Parish Church of All Saints. The nave was built in the C12th. In the first quarter of the C14th the South arcade was built and the South aisle added. The West tower dates from about the same time and the North porch was added in the same century. The upper stage of the tower was added ca 1400. Restored in 1863 when the chancel was rebuilt, the tower was again restored in 1905-6. The font is a tapering cylindriad bowl of the C12th with a bowl of cable-ornament. (2,3)

Betjeman, J, A short guide to the parish church of All Saints, Poynthington (Monograph). SDO18206.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 186 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(1) Parish Church of All Saints stands in the S.E. corner of the parish. The walls are of local rubble with dressings of the same material; the roofs are covered with stone slates, tiles and lead. The Nave was built in the 12th century. In the first quarter of the 14th century the S. arcade was built and the South Aisle added; the West Tower was built about the same date and the North Porch was added in the same century. The upper stage of the tower was added c. 1400. The church was restored in 1863 when the Chancel was rebuilt; the tower was again restored in 1905–6. …’

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 347 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Dorset (Parishes of Trent,Sandford Orcas,Over Compton,Nether Compton,Castleton,Oborne,Poyntington,Bradford Abbas,Clifton Maybank,Thornford,North Wootton, Haydon, Purse Caundle & Goathill) (Scheduling record). SDO16437.

<4> English Heritage, 2006, Listed buildings data disk (Digital archive). SDO12545.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 6501 1998) All Saints Church (NAT)

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 887646 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 3:13PM