Dores Parish Church

1828 with later 19th century alterations and re-casting.

Rectangular church orientated E-W. All rubble with ashlar

base course; tooled and polished ashlar margins and

dressings. Original pointed-headed entrances, with

recessed doors and deeply chamfered architraves in outer

bays; double-leaf panelled doors with Gothic detailing.

4 long pointed-headed later 19th century windows rise

through wallhead into finialled gablets; similar

fenestration to rear. Single original hoodmoulded

pointed-headed windows with Y-tracery in east and west

gables. Lattice-pane glazing.

Later 19th century finialled Gothic bellcote at east gable.

apex; triangular skews and shaped skewputts of same date.

Slate roof; stone ridge.

Interior; re-cast to west with later 19th century

fittings. Off-centre octagonal cusped panelled pulpit and

back-board, with short stair with moulded handrail and

brass barley-sugar twist balusters. Gothic panelling to

east gallery front.

Sunday school room; simple rectangular harled former

watch-house; centre door and single modern window; end

stacks; slate roof.

Burial ground and entrance; large square rubble walled

burial ground; roughly/tooled cope to wall; 18th and 19th

century tomb stones.

Harled arched entrance with contrasting painted margins

and cornice; inscribed plaques with names of fallen of

1914-18 war, with further plaque added for 1939-45. Pair

wrought and cast-iron carriage gates.