Tower Of The Former Church Of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. A Late C15 Tower.

Tower Of The Former Church Of St Mary

WRENN ID: patient-pedestal-stoat
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Dorset
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 August 1960
Type: Tower
Period: Late C15
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ST 81 NE COMPTON ABBAS EAST COMPTON

10/88 Tower of the former Church of St Mary 16.8.60. GV I

Tower of former parish church. Late C15. Rough greensand ashlar. 2- stage. Weathered plinth and string course. Diagonal buttress to south. West door has chamfered, semi-circular head. West window of 2-lights under 2-centred head with vertical tracery and returned label. Bell stage has 2-light, square-headed windows with vertical tracery. Parapet strings with gargoyles. Brick parapet. 2-centred, chamfered tower arch. (Scheduled as an ancient monument.) (RCHM Dorset, vol IV, pp 13-14, no 2. Pitfield F P Dorset Parish Churches, A-D, Dorset Publishing Co 1981, pp 196-8.)

Listing NGR: ST8755918800

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