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St Michael

St Michael

Kimmeridge

Dorset

C12 origin, enlarged in C16

Architectural Features

C17.

Tower, C16, of two stages, with string course.

Vestry C16 - originally a chapel.

South wall of nave has three C15 square-headed 2-light windows and one high level window at west end.

South doorway C12, of two orders, with plain imposts and square jambs.

North transept, C17, has, in east wall, a 4-centred arched doorway, with Coat of Arms of Lawrence quartering Washington over.

Font C13.

Two bells on tower floor, one C16, one C17.

Lords of the Manor since the C16 had married into the Washington family in 1381 and their Coat of Arms incorporates the Stars and Stripes.

RCHM Monument 1.