Listed Building record MDO16014 - Parish church of St Kenelm, Hinton Parva

A church rebuilt around 1860, and incorporating the chancel arch of the earlier church. The semi-circular arch is of 12th-century date and appears to have been widened in order to fit the new church. The walls of the building are of banded flint rubble with ashlar.

In Hutchins time the church was "a very small stone building dedicated to St Kenelm, consisting of one aisle and having one bell; but contained nothing remarkable." The new church retains the former Norman chancel arch. Illustration of the stone carving, said to be that of an angel. <1>

The Parish Church of St Kenelm was re-built about 1860. The 12th century chancel arch of the former church, extensively restored, was
re-erected in the new building. The late 13th century east window was also re-used. <2> <4>

The church, though C19th, incorporates a Romanesque sculpture, probably of St Kenelm, and possibly dated to the first quarter of the C12th. Of the nine churches in England dedicated to St Kenenlm this is the only church outside the bounds of C9th Mercia. <6>

<1> Shipp, W (ed), 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3, 138 (Monograph). SWX3207.

<2> DOE (HHR), 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne and Cranborne RD (Scheduling record). SDO17339.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SU 00450381) St Kenelm's Church (NAT)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 31 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(1) THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. KENELM, in the S. of the parish, was rebuilt c. 1860 (Hutchins III, 138).
Re-erected in the new building, but extensively restored and probably widened, the 12th-century Chancel Arch of the former church comprises a semi-circular arch of one plain order, outlined on E. and W. by large plain roll-mouldings and hood-moulds with chevron ornament. The arch springs from chamfered abaci, largely restored. Free-standing shafts on the responds correspond with the roll-mouldings above. On the chancel side the shafts are plain; that on the N. has a 19th-century capital. On the nave side the N. shaft has spiral fluting with beaded flutes at intervals and the capital has upright leaves; the S. shaft has imbricated ornament and the capital appears to represent four beasts’ heads.
Fittings – Bells: six, Nos. 4, 5 and 6 by Mears, 1840, others modern. Image: Reset over S. doorway, carved stone panel, 1¼ ft. high (Plate 9), representing angel with book and cross, probably 12th century.
Monuments: in N. transept, on W. wall, (1) of Sir Richard Carr Glynn Bt., 1838, and his wife Mary (Plumptre) 1832, marble tablet in surround in 15th-century style, with shield-of-arms of Carr quartering Glynn, impaling Plumptre; on N. wall, (2) of Thomas Christopher Glyn, 1827, and others of his family, tablet by Marshall of Westminster. Plate: includes silver flagon and stand-paten, each with assay marks of 1836.’

<5> DOE (HHR), 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne District (Scheduling record). SDO18076.

<6> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984 (Serial). SDO84.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF051574 CHURCH OF ST KENELM, HINTON PARVA (Index). SDO14738.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213221 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

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