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St Mary

St Mary

Rampisham

Dorset

C12 nave

Architectural Features

chancel, with C13 refenestration, C14 chapel probably built on north side of nave, subsequently demolished.

North and south walls each have a single lancet, C13.

Nave: south wall has 3 windows, eastern a C13 lancet

middle, C15 of 2 trefoiled lights in a square head

North wall has a 2-centred arch, of one chamfered order, C14.

Interior: chancel-arch, late C12 is two- centred, of 2 orders, the outer square and the inner with a later hollow-chamfer cut on the edge.

Font: stone octagonal bowl with chamfered under edge, medieval.

Wall-monument, chancel, to William Lawrence, Judge of Scotland, 1681-2, alabaster and marble tablet with srolls, cherub-heads and cartouche-of-arms. (RCHM Dorset I, p268(l))