Parish Church of St Hypolite is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of St Hypolite
- WRENN ID
- kindled-dormer-jet
- 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
- Parish Church of St Hypolite, Ryme Intrinseca
- OS grid reference
- ST 581 108
- Coordinates
- 50.89537, -2.59602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Hypolite is a parish church located in Ryme Intrinseca. It features a 13th century nave and chancel, with a 17th century west tower and north porch. The church is built with rubble-stone walls and freestone dressings, topped with clay-tile roofs and stone slate eaves. The chancel has its east wall rebuilt in the 17th century, and it includes a 17th century east window with three 4-centred and graduated lights, adorned with a moulded label. Each side wall of the chancel has a 13th century lancet window.
In the nave, the north wall has a trefoiled light at the east end that illuminates the pulpit, dating from the 17th century. There is also a 17th century three-light stepped window similar to the chancel's, and a two-light window west of the porch, also from the 17th century. The early 15th century north doorway features moulded jambs and a 2-centred head. The south wall of the nave has its easternmost window with two lancet lights from the 13th century.
The early 17th century west tower consists of three stages, topped with an embattled parapet and pinnacles at the corners. The northeast stair-turret is also embattled and has a pyramidal roof. The west doorway features chamfered jambs and a 4-centred head. The second stage of the tower has a window with two round-headed lights in the east wall. The bell chamber contains windows in each wall with two four-centred lights in square heads, featuring stone tracery.
Inside, the chancel and nave are structurally undivided, with a segmental plastered roof supported by tie-beams, compartmented in the chancel. The font is an octagonal bowl with a concave underside and necking, supported by an octagonal stem and concave base, dating from the late 15th century. There are two 17th century chairs in the chancel. In the nave, the Royal Arms are painted on canvas within a frame with a segmental head, featuring the initials G.R. and John Williams, Yeovil, dated 1793.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Hypolite receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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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