Listed Building record MDO10536 - St Mary's Church, Beaminster

Parish Church of St Mary, Beaminster. Rubble- stone and ashlar walls with ashlar dressings under stone, slate and lead roofs. The font is late twelfth century. The east end of the north aisle wall was formerly the end wall of the thirteenth century north transept. The chancel was rebuilt and north and south aisles added in the fifteenth century and the north chapel was rebuilt in 1505. The West tower, of three stages, is early sixteenth centuryand the south west vestry is mid sixteenth century with reset windows. The North porch dates to the 1860's.

The east part of the north aisle of the church of Saint Mary appears to have been the end of the 13th century transept of a cruciform church. In the 15th century the chancel was rebuilt, the west part of the nave extended or rebuilt and the north and south aisles partly or wholly rebuilt. The north chapel was added in 1505 and the west tower, one of the most spectacular in Dorset, was being built in 1503. The south-west vestry is mid 16th century, and the north porch is modern. The church was restored in 1860-63 and 1889. <1> St Mary's Church. The late C12th square Norman font of Purbeck marble is defaced. <5>

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