Listed Building record MDO17561 - Parish Church of St Michael, Steeple

Parish Church. 12th century origin, enlarged in 16th and 17th centuries. Restored, and chancel rebuilt circa 1855. Stone walls, stone slate roofs with coped gables. Nave, chancel, north transept, south vestry, south porch, west tower.

The parish church of Saint Michael at Steeple has walls of rubble and ashlar and a stone slated roof. The nave is early 12th century and retains the original south doorway. The tower and the vestry (formerly the south chapel) were added in the 16th century, and the chancel arch is also probably 16th century, although the chancel and south porch were rebuilt in the mid 19th century. <2>

St Michael's Church in normal use and as described. Published 1:2500 survey correct. <4>

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 81 (Article in serial). SDO21411.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 91148090) St Michael's Church (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 268-9 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 397 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Fletcher, Martin, Field investigator's comments MJF, F1 MJF 23-APR-86 (Unpublished document). SDO17630.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457085 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 1 2025 12:29PM