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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Sturminster Marshall

Dorset

C12, with C13 extensions, C14

Architectural Features

C15 changes, tower rebuilt 1805, and substantial restoration of 1859, by Henry Woodyer.

Tile roof.

Inside, apart from the Norman arcade on later square columns, the features are all Victorian

there is a tall wood screen, plaster-barrel vaults to nave and aisle, a pulpit with an ogee base, a 'Norman' font, and a series of monuments, floor slabs and brasses (mostly C19) and a C17 helm.

The chancel has three stained glass windows by John Hardman & Co.

The porch has some earlier parts and opens onto a Tudor south doorway

it accommodates two medieval coffin slabs.