Listed Building record MDO9498 - Church of St Mary, Long Crichel

The parish church of St Mary has ashlar walls with flint banding and is roofed with tiles and lead. The west tower is of the 15th century; whilst the chancel, the north and south transepts and the nave are of 1852.

(ST 97741027) St Mary's Church (NAT). <3>

The parish church of St Mary has ashlar walls with flint banding and is roofed with tiles and lead. The west tower is of the 15th century. The chancel, the north and south transepts and the nave are of 1852. <1, 5>

Church of St Mary. Grade II. <4, 6>

Le Pard, Gordon, 1998, Medieval sundials in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 119, 77 (Article in serial). SDO21411.

<1> DOE (HHR), 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne and Cranborne RD, 13 (Scheduling record). SDO17339.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF113902 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: Saint Mary's Church, Long Crichel. Scope & Content: Pastoral Measure 1959.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<4> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 257-8 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 38, No 1 Plan (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(1) The Parish Church of St. Mary, near the E. end of the village, has ashlar walls with flint banding and is roofed with tiles and lead. The West Tower is of the 15th century; the Chancel, the North and South Transepts and the Nave are of 1852.

Architectural Description—The West Tower is of two stages with a moulded plinth and an embattled parapet with pinnacles and gargoyles; the lower stage has N.W. and S.W. buttresses of two weathered stages, and similar square-set buttresses on the N.E. and S.E. The tower arch, rendered, is two-centred and of two chamfered orders, the inner chamfer dying into the responds, the outer chamfer continuous and ending in broach stops. The stair turret rises to the base of the upper stage and has a weathered stone head. The S. doorway is of 1852, with a moulded two-centred head and continuous jambs. The W. window has three restored cinquefoil-headed lights with tracery in a two-centred head with a label with beast-head stops. High in the lower stage the S. wall has a small window of two square-headed lights. The belfry has, in each wall, a window of two trefoil-headed lights with a quatrefoil under a two-centred head with a label.

Fittings—Bells: six; 6th by John Wallis, 1621; others modern. Brass: In chancel, reset in modern Purbeck marble coffin-slab, plate (13 ins. by 2 ins.) with black-letter inscription 'Iohan Gouys gist icy dieu de salme eyt mercy', 14th century; adjacent, modern shield-of-arms of Govis. Chest: bound with iron, with two locks, chain and staple, inner compartment with three locks, 16th century. Font: of Purbeck marble, with octagonal bowl with quatrefoil panels enclosing blank shields, moulded underside, stem with trefoil-headed panels and hollow-chamfered base, 15th century. Niche: Externally in N. wall of tower vice turret, with pinnacles, ogee head, finial, and blank shields at foot, 15th century. Plate: includes silver cup of 1661, two patens without assay marks, flagon of 1826 and pewter alms-dish.’

<6> DOE (HHR), 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne District, 21 (Scheduling record). SDO18076.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210122 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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