Listed Building record MDO43242 - St Andrew's Church, Monkton Wyld, Wootton Fitzpaine

A church built in 1848 in Decorated Gothic style designed by the architect R C Carpenter. The church is cruciform, comprising a church, north vestry, central tower with broach spine, transepts, nave with north and south aisles and south porch.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 266 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(2) CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW, Monkton Wyld, stands at the W. end of the parish 2¼ m. W.N.W. of (1). The walls are of flint and rubble with ashlar dressings and the roofs are slate-covered. It was built in 1848 in 14th-century Gothic style; R. C. Carpenter was the architect. The church is cruciform and comprises Chancel, N. Vestry, Central Tower with stone broach spire, N. and S. Transepts, Nave with N and S. Aisles and S. Porch, the last is of wood; the Sacristy N. of the vestry was added in 1886. Access to the third stage of the tower is by a stair-turret on its N.E. corner. Most of the windows have curvilinear tracery, while the doorways have two-centred heads with the exception of the W. door and the porch entrance which have segmental heads. The arches of the interior are moulded and two-centred and the piers are octagonal. …’

<2> National Monuments Record, Buildings file: St Andrew's Church, Wootton Fitzpaine, BF051602 (Index). SDO17326.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Allington, Catherston Leweston, Charmouth, Chideock, Stanton St Gabriel, Symondsbury, Whitechurch Canonicorum and Wootton Fitzpaine) (Scheduling record). SDO16350.

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

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 859229 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 17 2025 10:54AM