Monument record MDO798 - Manorial chapel at Wolfeton House, Charminster

On the North side (of Wolfeton House) was a small cloister, leading to what was the chapel, in which some of the family (Wests Lords Delawarr and their Ancestors) were married within memory, but it has been since pulled down. <1>

Traces of its foundations were found during excavations some 50 years ago. <2>

The site is grass covered and no trace of the chapel remains above ground level. <4>

A chapel stood near the original north range of Wolfelton House. It was ruinous circa 1800 and was pulled down. <5>

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

<2> Heath, S, and Prideaux, W, 1907, Some Dorset Manor Houses, 217 (Monograph). SDO17596.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1928-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 67869216) Chapel (NR) (Site of)

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 63 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(4) WOLFETON HOUSE … a chapel to the N. formed, or stood close to, the N. range; the N. part was the oldest. The chapel was in ruins c. 1800 and was then demolished, …’

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453402 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 4:48PM