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Plush
Plush shown within Dorset |
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| OS grid reference | ST715022 |
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| District | West Dorset |
| Shire county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Plush is a hamlet in central Dorset in south-west England. It is sited in a small side-valley of the River Piddle about 8 miles north of Dorchester. It lies at an altitude of 130 metres and is surrounded by chalk hills which rise to 258 metres at Nettlecombe Tout. The village is little more than a few thatched cottages, a Regency manor house and a small church dedicated to St John the Baptist; the church was designed in 1848 by Benjamin Ferrey, a Gothic Revival architect and close friend of Pugin.[1]