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Old Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Oborne

Old Parish Church Of St Cuthbert, Oborne

Castleton

Dorset

Dated 1533, on one inscription, over east window.

Architectural Features

Chancel rebuilt in early C16.

Over the head of the window is a shield of the royal Tudor arms with a crown.

In the West wall are the wave-moulded responds of the chancel-arch, upon which rests an early C16 moulded beam with mortices for the rood-loft and a C20 gable wall above.

In the blocking is a reset C15 doorway with chamfered jambs and two-centred head.

Reset in the gable are two C15 window heads, each of 2 trefoiled lights with tracery in a 2-centred head.

Interior: the roof of the chancel is a compartmented barrel ceiling, plastered and with some C16 moulded ribs and wall-plates.

ST6517 : Oborne: Old St Cuthbert's (font)

Fittings: Font, octagonal stone bowl and stem, c.C16.

ST6517 : Oborne: Old St Cuthbert's (font)

© Basher Eyre

ST6517 : Oborne: Old St Cuthbert's (pulpit)

Pulpit: four-sided with moulded styles and rails, 3 ranges of panels, two lower with lozenge enrichments, upper with conventional designs with fleur-de-lis, enriched cornice and scrolled brackets to bookshelf, with date 1639.

ST6517 : Oborne: Old St Cuthbert's (pulpit)

© Basher Eyre

Communion rails, with turned balusters and moulded rail with enrichment, C17.

Communion table: with turned legs and enriched top rails, C17.

Tiles: in chancel, ornamental stip-tiles set in C20 panels, with shields of arms.