St George, Orcheston St Mary, Wiltshire

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Location
(51°12′11″N, 1°54′55″W)
Site Location
Orcheston St Mary
National Grid Reference
SU 060 449
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire now Wiltshire
Dedication
medieval St George now St George
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Allan Brodie
Visit Date
19 June 1991

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Feature Sets
Description

The north doorway of the nave is the only 12thc. survival. Most of the building dates from the 13thc. though its details were renewed in the 15thc. A short west tower was added in the 15th or 16thc.

History

The church is poorly documented, and does not appear in the historical record until the 1291 Taxatio when it is valued at £ 7. 9s. 4d.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Comments/Opinions

The church was restored in 1833 and, by T. H. Wyatt, in 1858.

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1024021

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd ed, 367.

Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Churches of South-East Wiltshire London: HMSO, 1987, 170-172

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 15, Amesbury Hundred, Branch and Dole Hundred, Victoria County History, London, 1995, 227-234.