Listed Building record MDO5147 - Parish church of St Mary, Tarrant Rushton

Probably early twelfth nave and chancel arch, extended westward in later twelfth century. Significant modifications and additiuons in the fourteenth- and fifteenth centuries, with a modern vestry. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

St Mary's Church. A lintel above the south door is carved with the Agnus Dei, a man with a cloak and a man with a bird. Prof. Zarrechi assigns it to the C12th, comparing it with Doglingworth in Gloucestershire, though much coarser. <2>

The Agnus Dei sculpture probably dates to 1115-30. List of Comparisons. <4>

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 82 (Article in serial). SDO21411.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 112-113 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(1) THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY, on the N. of the village, has walls of rubble and flint with ashlar dressings of greensand and Heathstone, and tiled roofs. The Nave and chancel arch preserve the form and part of the structure of an early 12th-century building, which appears to have been extended westwards later in the 12th century. In the first half of the 14th century the Chancel was rebuilt, the North and South Transepts were added, and a small West Tower was erected over the western extension of the nave. The South Porh was added in the 15th century; the N. vestry is modern.'

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 419-20 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1976 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 93740605) St. Mary's Church (NAT)

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1985, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984, 17-18 (Serial). SDO84.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AA39/02797 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of St Mary's Church, Tarrant Rushton, from the south-east

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24451 (Index). SDO14738.

Interior view of St Mary's Church, Tarrant Rushton, looking east

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24452 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of St Mary's Church, Tarrant Rushton, from the south-east

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209456 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 1 2025 12:16PM