Winterborne Tomson, Dorset - St. Andrews Church - Redundant Churches Fund card

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• Picture / Image:  St. Andrews Church, Winterborne Tomson, Dorset -
• Publisher:  Redundant Churches Fund, c.1980s
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Winterborne Tomson is a village in the district of North Dorset, Dorset, England.^[1]

The first name of ""Winterborne"" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from west to east through the village.^[2] The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name. To the west is Anderson and to the east is Winterborne Zelston. The river flows through both these villages as well.

The village church is named after St Andrew. The furnishings in the church were given by Archbishop William Wake (1657–1737) of Canterbury.^[3] According to Nikolaus Pevsner, it is ""a gem of a village church, sufficiently different from others to arrest attention.""^[4] The church is Grade I listed.

St Andrew's Church in Winterborne Tomson, Dorset, England, was built in the 12th century. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,^[1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.^[2] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1972, and was vested in the Trust on 26 March 1974.^[3]

The small flint Norman Anglican Church of St Andrew has an apse at the east end and a barrel vault roof which curves around it.^[2] The roof was replaced and windows inserted in the 16th century.^[1] The interior has limewashed walls, a 15th-century font^[1] and flag stone floor, along with early 18th-century oak fittings. The pews, pulpit, screen, communion rails and matching table and other woodwork were provided by William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose family lived locally.^[2]

By the early 20th century had fallen into disrepair and was being used as an animal shelter. Repairs were paid for by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings who sold a collection of Thomas Hardy’s manuscripts to raise the funding.^[2] The work was supervised by A R Powys who also oversaw the work at the Old St Cuthbert's Church, Oborne.^[4]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=dorset

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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