The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Dorset (pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales))
Parish church
Nothing appears to remain of the fabric of the 12thc church, except perhaps the E part of the S wall of the nave (RCHM). The present building consists of a chancel and a nave, both rebuilt and/or extended in the 15thc, and a S tower entrance of 1638. The chancel was again rebuilt in 1751.
Parish church
The present parish church of 1866 has replaced the original medieval parish. It comprises a chancel with a polygonal apse, nave, narrow S aisle and south tower over entrance porch and stone broach spire. The ruined 15thc tower from the original church survives nearby at East Compton (NGR ST8756 1550).
Parish church
The village is located in the Blackmore Vale in north Dorset and sits above the river Stour. The present building consists of a chancel rebuilt c.1882, a 14thc N chapel; a 15thc S chapel; a nave with a late-14thc N aisle; a S aisle and a porch of c.1852, and a 15thc W tower.
The only Romanesque architectural sculpture is a pier, with capitals, that forms part of the N arcade. A 12thc font bowl also survives, now located in the S aisle.
Parish church
Set slightly above the town, the present church stands on the site of a Norman building. Only the font survives from the 12thc. The earlier plan may have been cruciform, but the present building consists of a chancel, nave, and N and S aisles – all of the 15thc; a W tower and SW vestry of c.1503, a NE chapel of c.1505 and a N porch of c.1862.
Parish church
Only the chancel arch, the possibly reset S door and reused fragments of the N door survive from the 12thc church. The chancel is 13thc, with a 15thc nave, a N aisle of c.1854, a 17thc S porch and a 15thc W tower, all extensively rebuilt.
Parish church
Only parts of the chancel to the 12thc church survive, together with the font. The present building consists of a chancel extended in the 13thc, a 13thc nave, a N aisle and S porch of 1877, and a 15thc W tower.
Parish church
Sufficient survives of the 12thc church to indicate that it had a N, and probably a S aisle also. The present building consists of a 13thc chancel, and 16thc N and S aisles at the E end of the nave which were extended W in the 13thc when a W tower was added. The S porch is 16thc, relocated in 1877, the N aisle of c.1832 was rebuilt in 1877, and the W tower was also rebuilt in 1877.
Parish church
The village of Sydling St Nicholas lies approximately seven miles NW of Dorchester, in West Dorset. The 12thc church no longer survives; the font is all that exists from that time. The present building consists of a chancel, rebuilt in the mid 18thc, a 15thc nave and N porch, a S aisle of c. 1500, and a 15thc W tower.
Parish church
The existing church was extensively restored c. 1846 and comprises a rebuilt chancel, nave, a rebuilt N aisle which retains its arcade from c.1 300, a S aisle and S porch, both of c.1846, and a 15thc W tower. Parts of the chancel arch suggest an earlier Romanesque building, although they are heavily restored. The font is also probably from the same time.
Parish church
The church of St Mary consists of a much rebuilt 14thc chancel, a 15thc nave, and a 14thc south porch. The tower is 15thc and the N chapel was added when the church was restored in 1878. Although the Norman church no longer survives, a late 12thc font is located in the centre of the nave by the W wall, opposite the S door.