Church Of Unknown Dedication

The Church of Unknown Dedication is a parish church located in West Orchard Village. The chancel dates from the late 15th century, while the rest of the church was constructed in 1876 by T.H. Wyatt. The building is made of squared, dressed greensand and features a gabled, tiled roof with stone copings and finials, along with a west bell-cote. The 15th-century work is in the 'Perpendicular' style, while the 1876 additions are part 'Perpendicular' and part 'Decorated'.

The church has a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a north vestry. The 1876 windows mainly consist of two lights with two-centred heads and flowing or panel tracery, along with some lancets. The east window from the 15th century has three lights under a square head with a relieving arch and panel tracery. The south side features two lancets with returned labels. The south porch has a two-centred moulded head and continuously moulded jambs, with an inner door that also has a two-centred shape and continuously moulded jambs. A door leading from the porch to the south aisle has a square moulded head and jambs.

Inside, the church has two bays with two-centred, moulded arcades on octagonal piers that have moulded capitals and bases. There is a two-centred moulded chancel arch on half-piers with moulded capitals and bases. The 19th-century octagonal font features quatrefoil panels on a moulded octagonal pier. A stone dividing wall separates the nave and chancel and includes an integral stone pulpit with trefoil-headed panels. The chancel roof is ribbed and from the 19th century, with carved bosses springing from a dentilled and moulded wall-plate. The nave roof is also from the 19th century, featuring an arch-braced collar beam with king posts. Other fittings in the church are from the 19th century. In the churchyard, there is a round bowl from a 12th-century font.