Building record MDO47394 - Chapel, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth

At Sutton Poyntz, there was a chapel of ease to Preston. In Dean Chandlers Register of 1405, the chapel is said to have had altars dedicated to St Giles and Mary Magdalen. The site was occupied by a poorhouse until that was pulled down on the alteration of the poor-law. In '1867' the only remaining pieces of the chapel were three trip-knobs surmounting the gables and porch of the village school. <1>

Prospect Cottage is locally known to stand on the site of an old chapel. 'I do not know its dedication nor of any foundations being dug up'. No remains of the chapel are visible in, or around, Prospect Cottage. <3>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 835 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1928 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 70528374) Prospect Cottage on site of (NAT) Church (NR)

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 21-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3.1> Conbyn, Mr, Oral: Mr Conbyn (occupier), Prospect Cottage, Sutton Poyntz (Verbal communication). SDO20305.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454341 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 16 2023 5:02PM