Listed Building record MDO2453 - St Mary's church, South Perrott

A church builtin the thirteenth century with later additions and alterations. The building has walls of rubble stone and ashlar, with stone dressings. The 13th-century west porch was largely rebuilt in the fifteenth century, and other changes made at this time include a crossing tower, the insertion of a window in each wall of the nave, and buttresses on the outside. There is the remains of a water stoup in the porch.

The church of Saint Mary at South Perrott is a magnificent cruciform structure of the 13th century. The west porch was added at the end of the 13th century, and the tower was rebuilt In the 15th century when the transepts were heightened. A south chapel was added in the early 16th century.

The chancel and the south chapel were rebuilt in 1907-13. (2-4)

St Mary's Church. Grade I. (5-6)

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

<1> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 34 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 176-77 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 47200666) St. Mary's Church (NAT)

<4> Taylor, Christopher C, 1970, The making of the English landscape: Dorset, Dorset 1970 105 (C Taylor) (Monograph). SWX1082.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 394 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 110 (Scheduling record). SDO16336.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192887 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 1 2025 12:13PM