Farrington (chapel)

Chapel, Farrington, Dorset (2013)

Small chapel with (now empty) bellcote, now redundant and deconsecrated. Pevsner reported that it had a Norman font: "Fluted shallow circular bowl on a short stem of the same diameter as the bowl."

Sources:

• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1861-1873.
• Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, p. 102.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 203.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 3, Central Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 1, pp. 127-128.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust page: http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/farrington.htm

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Maintained by Michael Day, Last updated: 22 March 2013.