St. Mary's Churchyard
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St. Mary's Churchyard

Winterborne Stickland, North Dorset District, Dorset, England

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The chancel and nave of St. Mary's Church dates back to the 13th Century
while the Quarrelston chapel, aka the Aisle chapel or even now the Tomb chapel, dates from the 15th century, (John Hutchins) and was fashionably updated along with the St. Mary nave windows from 1716. The west tower was added in late 15th or early 16th century and the porch also added in the latter. In the east wall of the porch is now seen a damaged 14th century Norman period archway tympanum, depicting the crucifixion, which had been recovered in 1890 from at least twice de-constructed and re-used building stone. The church itself has remained, throughout, within the same footprint and the local flint is assembled variously between rubble, squared rubble and dimensional limestone laid coursed, un-coursed and even chequer-boarded. So the overall effect is very mixed and includes cement rendering on some walling to the east. Classical stylings were introduced for internal alterations from 1716 assisted by the Blandford architects and re-building specialists the Bastard brothers, John and William. They added the round headed nave windows, contemporary almost with those of 1713 at St. Mary, Charlton Marshall; where an entire re-build had been designed by Thomas Bastard, father of the two brothers who gained fame for re-building Blandford after the devastating 1731 fire. Finally in the restorations of 1892, glazed tiles were added to the chancel flooring but the floor plan and structural details in stone remained as they were
Grade 1 listed
The chancel and nave of St. Mary's Church dates back to the 13th Century
while the Quarrelston chapel, aka the Aisle chapel or even now the Tomb chapel, dates from the 15th century, (John Hutchins) and was fashionably updated along with the St. Mary nave windows from 1716. The west tower was added in late 15th or early 16th century and the porch also added in the latter. In the east wall of the porch is now seen a damaged 14th century Norman period archway tympanum, depicting the crucifixion, which had been recovered in 1890 from at least twice de-constructed and re-used building stone. The church itself has remained, throughout, within the same footprint and the local flint is assembled variously between rubble, squared rubble and dimensional limestone laid coursed, un-coursed and even chequer-boarded. So the overall effect is very mixed and includes cement rendering on some walling to the east. Classical stylings were introduced for internal alterations from 1716 assisted by the Blandford architects and re-building specialists the Bastard brothers, John and William. They added the round headed nave windows, contemporary almost with those of 1713 at St. Mary, Charlton Marshall; where an entire re-build had been designed by Thomas Bastard, father of the two brothers who gained fame for re-building Blandford after the devastating 1731 fire. Finally in the restorations of 1892, glazed tiles were added to the chancel flooring but the floor plan and structural details in stone remained as they were

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