St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson

St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson

St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson, from the south
St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson
Location in Dorset
Coordinates: 50°46′35″N 2°09′53″W / 50.77627°N 2.16485°W / 50.77627; -2.16485
OS grid reference SY 885 974
Location Winterborne Tomson, Dorset
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade I
Designated 14 July 1955
Architectural type Church
Style Norman
Specifications
Materials Flint

St Andrew's Church in Winterborne Tomson, Dorset, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1972, and was vested in the Trust on 26 March 1974.[3]

The small flint Norman Anglican Church of St Andrew has an apse at the east end and a barrel vault roof which curves around it.[2] The roof was replaced and windows inserted in the 16th century.[1] The interior has limewashed walls, a 15th-century font[1] and flag stone floor, along with early 18th-century oak fittings. The pews, pulpit, screen, communion rails and matching table and other woodwork were provided by William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose family lived locally.[2]

By the early 20th century had fallen into disrepair and was being used as an animal shelter. Repairs were paid for by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings who sold a collection of Thomas Hardy’s manuscripts to raise the funding.[2] The work was supervised by A R Powys who also oversaw the work at the Old St Cuthbert's Church, Oborne.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of Saint Andrew (1118600)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 July 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 "St Andrew's Church, Winterborne Tomson, Dorset". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 12, retrieved 31 March 2011
  4. ↑ Kinross, John (2003). Discovering England's smallest churches. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicholson. pp. 40–41. ISBN 1-84212-728-4.


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