Listed Building record MDO5194 - Parish church, West Orchard

Parish church, chancel late fifteenth century, restored in 1876 by T H Wyatt. Built in squared, dressed greensand with a gabled, tiled roof with stone copings and finials, and a west bell-cote.

The church (dedication unknown) has walls of squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and tile-covered roofs. The Chancel is of the second half of the 15th century; the Nave, North and South Aisles, Vestry and Porch were wholly rebuilt in 1876, on a larger plan than before, to the design of T. H. Wyatt.

(ST 82371642) St Luke's Church (C of E) [NAT].

Parish Church. Grade II.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 206023 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 82371642) Church (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 115 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(1) THE CHURCH (dedication unknown) has walls of squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and tile-covered roofs. The Chancel is of the second half of the 15th century; the Nave, North and South Aisles, Vestry and Porch were wholly rebuilt in 1876, on a larger plan than before, to the design of T. H. Wyatt (Sarum Dioc. Regy.).
Architectural Description—The E. wall of the Chancel has a chamfered plinth and diagonal N.E. and S.E. buttresses of two weathered stages; at the centre, below the window-sill, is a singlestage square-set buttress. At the foot of the E. gable is a weathered string-course. The square-headed E. window has three cinque-foil-headed lights under vertical tracery in a casement-moulded surround with a moulded label. The sill of the middle light is more than 1 ft. higher than those of the side lights, forming a plain panel in the lower part of the light. The S. wall of the chancel has two single-light windows with trefoil two-centred heads, casement-moulded surrounds and moulded labels. The N. wall has a 19th-century doorway to the vestry. Reset in the E. wall of the vestry is a 15th-century window, uniform with those on the S. of the chancel; it probably was originally in the N. wall of the chancel.
Fittings—Chest: of cast iron, for registers, 19th century. Coffin Stools: pair, with turned legs, plain stretchers, moulded rails and beaded tops, early 18th century. Fonts: two, disused and set against churchyard gate piers; one of tub form with plain round bowl with roll-moulding at base, 12th century; the other octagonal, much worn, 15th century. Plate: includes silver cup with assay mark of 1788, inscribed 'W.O. Chapel'.’

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1979 (Map). SWX1197.

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Apr 16 2025 1:45PM