Listed Building record MDO16038 - St James Church, Holt

The church was built as a single cell in 1834-5 on the site of a chapel built in 1368. It became parochial in 1882, and a chancel was added in 1889.

A chapel of ease at Holt, dedicated to Saint James, is recorded from 1368, served by Christchurch Priory and after the Dissolution by Wimborne Minster.

In 1834/35 it was replaced by a new building consisting of a nave only, on the same site. In 1882 Holt became a separate ecclesiastical parish, and in 1889 a chancel was added to the church. The building is of brick with a slate roof. <1> <3>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 188-197 (Serial). SDO66.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SU 03000392) St. James's Church (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 32 (Monograph). SDO129.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213223 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 5:13PM