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Abbey Church of St Mary

Abbey Church Of St Mary

Nether Coombe

Dorset

Saxon west wall below clerestory with foundations of Saxon tower and transepts facing west.

Architectural Features

C15 Church of All Hallows built against this wall

South front of Abbey early C12 (work of Roger of Caen)

C15.

Central Tower with Saxon-Norman base and C15 work above.

piers with C15 casing to a Saxon core.

Late C15 fan vaulting.

North aisle: C12

late C15

North transept: Norman walls.

Wykeham Chapel: Norman walls and C15 vault.

Choir of three bays and north and south choir aisles: C15.

Reredos: C17 to design of R.H Carpenter.

Bishop Roger's Chapel: C13.

Vestry: C16, part of former headmaster's house [1560] which extended across the whole of the width of the east end of the Abbey.

Lady Chapel: one bay of C14 work and one bay further east of C20 work, 1921, to design of W.D Caröe.

Chapel of St Mary le Bow: C15

C16

east wall and south windows built 1560 as part of Headmaster's House [See Vestry].

Chapel of Holy Sepulchre: C14

C15 rebuildings.

South transept: early C12

C15 work

Digby Memorial.

St Katharine's Chapel: C12,

C13

C14.

South Aisle: early C12

C15.

Porch: early C12, restored 1849-58.

1849-58: restoration of transepts, choir and Norman porch by R.C Carpenter and W Slater.