Listed Building record MDO5208 - Parish church of St Nicholas, Winterborne Clenston

Parish church built in 1840 on the site of a smaller church which was demolished. The plan is cruciform, with a tower and spire above the West porch.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS stands to the S. of the village, somewhat removed from the area of present habitation. It has walls of banded flint and ashlar with ashlar dressings and it is roofed with stone-slates; the spire is of ashlar. The church was built in 1840 in the Gothic style to the designs of Lewis Vulliamy, replacing a smaller and plainer building which was demolished. The plan is cruciform, with a tower and spire above the W. porch. <2,3>

Church of St Nicholas. Grade 2*. <4,5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1969 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 83970280) St. Nicholas's Church (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 292-93 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1954, List of Buildings of Special Historic or Architectural Interest: Blandford Rural District, 19 (Scheduling record). SDO17701.

<4> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 43 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 477 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> Bellamy, P, 2018, St Nicholas Church, Winterborne Clenston, Dorset. Observations and Recording During Construction of New Extension (Unpublished document). SDO16224.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF051597 (Index). SDO14738.

ST NICHOLAS'S CHURCH, WINTERBORNE CLENSTON: File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205795 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 1:27PM