Church Of St Nicholas

WINTERBORNE CLENSTON ST 80 SW -

6/98 Church of St Nicholas 14-7-55 GV II*

Church, 1840 by Lewis Vulliamy. Banded flint and ashlar with ashlar dressings. Stone slate roof with stone copings. Plan: nave; chancel, north and south transepts, west porch with tower over. 2 stage west - tower surmounted by octagonal stone spire. West door has pointed head with ogee curved label and foliate finial. Above is a trophy of arms in a cinquefoiled niche. Cinquefoiled window north and blank cinquefoil to south bearing inscription "MM 1840". 2-light belfry windows with curvilinear tracery. Arcaded cornice above. Nave has cinquefoiled lancets. Transept windows are of 2-lights with pointed heads and returned labels. 5-light, pointed, east window with perpendicular tracery and label with carved stops. Original ribbed doors.

Internal features: moulded, ribbed roofs forming panels, the chancel being decorated with stars; pointed, chamfered chancel arch with respond capitals; boxed transepts; arcaded altar rails with moulded rail; C19 wooden traceried pulpit; C19 glass; c19 pews; various C18 and c19 monuments. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.III, p.292/3, no. 1, Newman, J. and Pevsner, N., The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972, p.477.)

Listing NGR: ST8398002796