Listed Building record MDO17058 - Parish Church of St Nicholas, Worth Matravers

Mainly 12th century, south wall of chancel rebuilt in 13th century, east wall in 14th century. Porch added in 18th century. Rubble stone walls, stone slate roofs with coped gables and corbel tables with carved heads. Nave, chancel, west tower, south porch. The south chapel was demolished and the porch added in the 18th century and the building was restored between 1869-72. 12th century tympanum over the inner door.

(SY 97287745) St Nicholas's Church (NAT) <1> Parish Church of St Nicholas, Worth Matravers with walls of local rubble and ashlar dressings, comprises a chancel nave and west tower built circa 1100 AD. In the 13th century the chancel was rebuilt except for parts of the north wall; at a subsequent date the elaborate chancel arch and south doorway of circa 1160 were brought from elsewhere, together with other contemporary fragments, and incorporated into the building. The east wall was rebuilt in the 14th century and a south chapel, probably added at the same date, was demolished in the 18th century. The church was restored between 1869-72. Grade A. <2-3> 30/1 /A Church of St Nicholas Parish church. A small but notable C.12 fabric. Chancel in part refashioned in C.13 and later. Good South doorway with tympanum. Very fine C.12 chancel arch. <3> The tympanum is dated to c. 1150 and documents a major development in religious sentiment in this period. <5> Parish church of St. Nicholas. <4> [NGD note 13-03-23: The original description on the NRHE-to-HER database did say “(Authority 4 is the full text of Authority 3)” but sources (3) and (4) were identical listings – there was literally nothing to distinguish between them. Therefore when the information was transferred to the HBSMR database this source was only listed once – as source <2>. Without being able to identify 2 distinct sources it is unclear which was the duplicate of the other or where the error lies.]

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Mar 13 2023 11:46AM