Listed Building record MDO5011 - Parish church of All Saints, Tarrant Keyneston

The parish church of All Saints has walls of coursed rubble and flint with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The west tower dates from the 15th century and the chancel, nave, north vestry, aisles and porch were rebuilt in 1852. (RCHME 1972)

Hutchins (1861) notes that the church was rebuilt in 1853 (Architect, Mr T H Wyatt) and that portions of the N. aisle appear to be older and may possibly be remnants of the former church. The interior of the present church is entirely destitute of tablets, or memorials of any kind whatever. There is no single record of former days. Hutchins also says: there is a statement by Mr Sidney Heath, in his Pilgrim Life, in the Middle Ages to the effect that "Mr. H. Moule, of Dorchester, told the present writer that he had seen in the chancel of the old church of Tarrant Keynston a recluse cell of the type now mentioned, and that it remained intact until the church was rebuilt." (vide p. 88). None of the old villagers, however, are able to confirm this statement.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 209649 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 92520405) Church (NAT)

John Hutchins, edited by Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W, 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, 319 (Monograph). SDO12569.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 101-102 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(1) THE PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS stands at the S.W. end of the village. The walls are of coursed rubble and flint with ashlar dressings, and the roofs are tiled. The West Tower dates from the 15th century; Chancel, Nave, North Vestry, Aisles and Porch were rebuilt in 1852 to designs by T.H. Wyatt.'

Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 418 (Monograph). SWX1290.

Additional references.

Trevarthen, M, 2017, All Saints Church, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset. Archaeological Observations and Recording, January 2017 (Unpublished document). SDO15356.

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