Parish Church Of St Mary

ST 50 SE WRAXALL L0WER WRAXALL

3/208 Parish Church of 11.11.66 St Mary GV I

Parish Church. C12 nave and chancel, with C13 refenestration, C14 chapel probably built on north side of nave, subsequently demolished. Bellcote and South porch, C19. Stone and flint rubble walls, with freestone dressings. Roofs, of stone slate and slate, with stone gable-copings, and C19 crosses at apices. Chancel, east window of 3 lights, C19. North and south walls each have a single lancet, C13. Nave: south wall has 3 windows, eastern a C13 lancet; middle, C15 of 2 trefoiled lights in a square head;. western, similar though with moulded reveals. Late Cl2 south doorway, restored has plain jambs, moulded imposts and a mou1ded 2-centred head with cherron ornament and a label. Plank-and-muntin door, C20. North wall has a 2-centred arch, of one chamfered order, C14. The former chapel has been replaced by a C19 wall on the outside face of the arch. The Cl4 doorway, now blocked, has chamfered jambs and two-centred head. The C19 bellcote on the west gable end of nave, is stone, octagonal with 2 lancets in each face. Interior: chancel-arch, late C12 is two- centred, of 2 orders, the outer square and the inner with a later hollow-chamfer cut on the edge. The responds have each one half- round and one round attached left with scalloped capitals and moulded bases. North of the arch is a squint with a 2-centred head. Font: stone octagonal bowl with chamfered under edge, medieval. Stem and base, C19. Wall-monument, chancel, to William Lawrence, Judge of Scotland, 1681-2, alabaster and marble tablet with srolls, cherub-heads and cartouche-of-arms.

(RCHM Dorset I, p268(l))

Listing NGR: ST5757000826