Building record MDO8234 - Church of the Holy Trinity, West Lulworth

The site of the parish church replaced in 1869-70 by another church on a different site to the west. Some material from the first church was incorporated in the later building.

West Lulworth Chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, stands near the east end of the village, and is small, consisting of a chancel, nave, south aisle, and tower on the south side of the nave. The tower is a Perpendicular building of two stages which apparently incorporates the remains of an Early English tower or porch. <1>

No remains are visible on the ground, which is now a cemetery. A painting dated 1860 in the vestry of the succeeding church shows the old church as roofless. It seems to have been Early English. <2>

The early church was dismantled about 1859 and a lot of the material used in building the present church. <3>

Parish Church built in 1869-70, by J. Hicks. The only remains of an earlier structure are in the North Vestry of the new church where the nineteenth century East window has a re-used sixteenth century rear arch. <5>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, 442 (Monograph). SWX4496.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 20-Sep-1952 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 05-Jan-1953 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY82638075) Church (NR) (site of (NAT)

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 151 (Monograph). SDO148.

‘(1) THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY was built at the W. end of the village in 1869–70 by J. Hicks to the designs of G. R. Crickmay. The old church of the Holy Trinity stood 350 yds. to the E. The only remains of the old structure are in the N. vestry of the new church where the 19th-century E. window has a reused 16th-century rear arch, triangular and moulded, springing from demi-angels bearing shields, one charged with a chalice and wafer, the other paly: on the moulding of the arch is carved a black-letter inscription 'Robeirtus Lulleworthi'. In the chancel is an oak Bench with carved framing and panels of the 17th century extensively restored with new wood. A sketch of the old church is preserved in the vestry.
The Graveyard of the old church remains on the N. side of the village street, and the monuments there include, towards the N.E. corner, a Headstone to William Willis, 1714, Elizabeth his wife, 1761, and John their son, 1802.’

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410308 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 3:51PM