Hermitage
Dorset
Parish Church, possibly C14 origin with much C17 restoration and rebuilding c 1800.
that to the chancel has carved bosses
probably C17 round font on octagonal stem with moulded capital
ST6406 : Saint James, Hermitage: font
© Basher Eyre
C19/C20 pulpit and pews
ST6406 : Saint James, Hermitage: pulpit
C17 floor slabs in chancel.
West buttress bears inscriptions dated 1682 and 1799.
West wall has reset medieval corbel and east wall has reset head stop or corbel.