Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- lost-garret-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1961
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene, North Wootton
- OS grid reference
- ST 655 147
- Coordinates
- 50.93157, -2.49156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the Old Church of St Mary Magdalene, a Grade II* listed building, consist primarily of the west tower of the former parish church, which dates back to the early 15th century. The nave and chancel were demolished around 1883 when a new church was constructed. The tower features local rubble walls with freestone dressings and a roof covered with stone slates. It stands three storeys high, topped with a low pyramidal roof and supported by diagonal buttresses on the west side.
The west window of the tower contains a single pointed light, while the second stage has a small loop in the south wall. The bell-chamber is equipped with a two-light window on both the east and west walls, although the eastern window is now blocked. The pointed tower-arch, which has chamfered reveals, is also blocked, but a doorway with a 19th-century head and a triangular rear-arch is set within the blocking. The east face of the tower is adjacent to the butt-ends of the demolished nave. Currently, the tower is heavily overgrown with ivy and is in a ruinous condition.
Local climate
Remains of Old Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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