St Paul

Manston

Dorset

Parish Church, north nave wall late C12 or early C13. chancel and south nave wall mid C13, partial refenestration

Architectural Features

nave roof C15, porch C16 and general restoration and west extension to nave 1885.

North chancel wall has a C13 doorway with chamfered pointed head.

The north nave wall has a C15 square-headed, 2-light, Perpendicular window to the east and a C15 cinquefoiled lancet to the west.

Centrally there is a blocked, pointed, chamfered doorway besdie which is a C16 buttress.

The C16 south porch is tiled with a chamfered, round-headed arch.

C15 pitched timber, tie beam nave roof.

C17 communion rails.

C15 reset reredoes with seven pointed niches containing Crucifixion flanked by figures of saints.

Pulpit of carved C17 panelling re-worked.

Chancel stalls incorporate C16 carved panels.

C13 tiles reset in west wall.

Various reset medieval carved corbels.

C14 octagonal font brought to square base by rounded stops.

ST8114 : St Paul, Hammoon: font

C20 glass.