St Mary, Litton Cheney, Dorset

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Location
(50°43′9″N, 2°38′11″W)
Site Location
Litton Cheney
National Grid Reference
SY 5517 9127
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Dorset now Dorset
Dedication
medieval St Mary now St Mary
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Howard Austin Jones
Visit Date
16 July 2013

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Feature Sets
Description

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.

History

The church of St Mary is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. 

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1214851

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. I: West (1952) pp.135-136.

J. Newman and N, Pevsner, The Buildings of England -Dorset (2002) p.255.