Church of St Rumbold is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Church.

Church of St Rumbold

WRENN ID
south-chancel-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Rumbold, Pentridge Village, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
OS grid reference
SU 033 178
Coordinates
50.95982, -1.95415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Rumbold is a parish church located in Pentridge, with its chancel built in 1815 and the remainder completed between 1855 and 1857 by architect Slater. The church is constructed of squared rubble and flint, featuring ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. Its layout includes a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch, all designed in the Decorated style.

The west tower has two stages and a short broach spire, with square-set buttresses. It features a two-light pointed west window with curvilinear tracery, a loop window on the first stage, and belfry openings with cinquefoiled lancets. The main body of the church has pointed, two-light windows also with curvilinear tracery. There is a pointed, chamfered door on the south wall of the chancel and a three-light pointed east window with curvilinear tracery and labels with head stops. The timber south porch has a pointed arch, cusped bargeboards, and original gates.

Inside, notable features include a pointed chancel arch supported by half-columns, a braced scissor-truss roof in the nave, and a boarded waggon roof in the chancel. The church also contains a 19th-century octagonal font, 19th-century pews, 19th-century glass, and an 18th-century wall monument dedicated to Robert and Elizabeth Browning, who were the great grandparents of the poet.

Local climate

Church of St Rumbold receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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