Sutton Waldron (St. Bartholomew)

St. Bartholomew's Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset (2013)

1846; designed by George Alexander. Painted polychromy inside by Owen Jones, although Pevsner considered the whole interior to be "dull," with "typical functional mid-C19" shaped benches. By contrast, Betjeman described the church as "one of the best and most lovely examples of Victorian architecture."

Sources:

• John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 185.
• Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches. [Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 46.
• Michael Hill, John Newman, and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. New Haven, CT. and London: Yale University Press, 2018, p. 583.
• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and J.W. Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 409.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 4, North Dorset. London: HMSO, 1972, pp. 84-85.
• Terence and Eliza Sackett, Francis Frith's Dorset Churches. Salisbury: Frith Book Co., 2000, p. 93.
• Old Dorset Historic Churches Trust page; via Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20071026151604/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/suttonwaldron.htm
• Current Dorset Historic Churches Trust pages: https://www.dhct.org.uk/m/churches.php
• Church of England page: http://www.achurchnearyou.com/sutton-waldron-st-bartholomew/

Bells:

2, 12-0-21 in G.

St. Bartholomew's Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset (2013)

St. Bartholomew's Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset (2021)

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