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St Mary

St Mary

Burton Bradstock

Dorset

C14 nave, C15 crossing, transepts

Architectural Features

central tower, C16 chancel, south aisle of 1833, rebuilt by E S Prior in 1897.

Easternmost window, small single light, C16.

North porch, C15, entrance with moulded jambs and a two-centred head.

Chancel, C16, with two 2-light windows in square heads with labels, returned and stops.

3 two-light windows of C16 style.

Interior: Nave of 4 bays, remains of Cl5 waggon-roof, particularly at east end.

Shallow recess in nave north wall with ornately cusped head (present position of pulpit).

Crossing-piers, C15, have panelled reveals and arch-soffits, each with a trefoiled head, in all main directions.

Chancel: blocked C16 south window, recess remains.

Fittings: Font: octagonal bowl with cinquefoiled, or trefoil-headed panels, C14, cylindrical shaft with square moulded base

spur ornaments, late C12.

Piscinae: chancel, C13 with round projecting drain and stone sheft.

North transept, pillar-piscina with moulded capping and base, Cl5.

Monuments: North transept: moulded stone tablet with two shields of arms to Major John Ironsyde, 1694, and Katherine his wife, 1705.