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Latitude: 50.8114 / 50°48'40"N
Longitude: -2.6873 / 2°41'14"W
OS Eastings: 351673
OS Northings: 101540
OS Grid: ST516015
Mapcode National: GBR ML.YC01
Mapcode Global: FRA 568Y.DX2
Plus Code: 9C2VR867+H3
Entry Name: Church of St John
Listing Date: 22 December 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1211555
English Heritage Legacy ID: 395899
ID on this website: 101211555
Location: St John's Church, Toller Whelme, Dorset, DT8
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Corscombe
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Corscombe St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Church building
CORSCOMBE TOLLER WHELME
ST 50 SW
5/226 CHURCH OF ST JOHN
GV II
Church. 1869-71 by Warr. Paid for by the Pope family of Toller Whelme.
South-West Tower-porch. Nave. Chancel. Rubble-stone walls, with a
chamfered stone plinth. Slate roofs with stone gable-copings. 2 gable-
crosses, at nave and chancel. Tower, with stone quoins, of 2 stages with
string, cornice and crenellated parapet. South doorway: pointed arch
with a continuous moulding. Label over with foliage-stops. 2-leaf wooden
door. Cusped lancet to ground, and lancet to upper level. Nave: 2
windows with trefoil-cusped lancet and quirked straight-chamfered jambs.
Chancel: East window with 3 main trefoil-cusped lights, with quatrefoil
tracery in the head. Labels with square stops. Interior: aisleless
nave with single rafter roof, with plank ceiling. Wooden quatrefoil wall-
plate. Chancel-arch with 2 bracket mouldings and a sunk quadrant between.
Pyramidal bases. Small north vestry with a pointed doorhead. Fittings:
Font: small octagonal stone bowl and stem with sunk quatrefoils in each face.
Panelled stem. Metal bowl inside. Small metal canopy with cross over.
Pulpit: wooden with chamfered corners, 4 wooden steps up and handrails.
Lancet panels. Stained Glass: East window, Crucifixion, 1868, inscription.
Brass plate below window refers to building of the church.
Source: N Pevsner, Dorset, p426.
Listing NGR: ST5167301540
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