Church of St Wolfrida Horton, England

Listed Building Data

Church of St Wolfrida has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1154780
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
18 March 1955
Name
CHURCH OF ST WOLFRIDA
Location
CHURCH OF ST WOLFRIDA
Parish
Horton
District
East Dorset
County
Dorset
Grid Reference
SU 03015 07447
Easting
403014.5900
Northing
107446.6503

Listed Building Description

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HORTON SU 00 NW HORTON VILLAGE

5/91 Church of St Welfrida

18.3.55 I

Parish Church, possibly C12 or C13 in origin but remodelled C18 with restorations of 1869 and c1900. Tower either by or influenced by Vanbrugh who was working at Eastbury at the same time. (See list for Tarrant Gunville). Partly greensand ashlar, partly Flemish bond brickwork, part rendered. Plan: nave, chancel, north transept, north tower. C18 round headed windows with stone keystones and impost blocks. North tower: 2 stages with pyramidal ashlar spire and first floor plat band; modillioned cornice; north clock face; tower contains louvred dormers with pediments. North doorway, with moulded segmental hood and plain pilaster architraves bearing entablature. Interior: C18 semi circular chancel arch with plain responds; nave and transept have C19 semicircular tie beam and king post roofs with braces; C19 barrel vault to chancel; C18 panelled oak box pews; C18 fielded, panelled pulpit on octagonal pedestal with C19 cast iron steps. C18 carved and painted reredos with cherubs heads and irradiated dove; effigies of Sir Giles and Dorothy de Braose, c1300, in transept, various C17 monuments.

Listing NGR: SU0301407444