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The town of Bridport in Dorset - it is the gateway to West Bay and the Jurassic Coast.

Down South Street in Bridport.


Church on South Street - St Mary's Bridport.

Grade A listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-402937-parish-church-of-st-mary-bridport" rel="nofollow">Parish Church of St Mary, Bridport</a>

1. 5191 SOUTH STREET (West Side)

Parish Church of St Mary [formerly listed under General]

SY 4692 1/1 28.11.50

A GV

2. Transepts (except for terminal windows) C13. Otherwise late C14 (work in progress 1397; dedications in 1362, 1403 and 1486). 2 E bays of nave 1858-60 chancel and chancel chapels 1860; architect John Hicks of Dorchester (to whom Thomas Hardy was apprenticed), see also Nos 78-84 St Andrew s Road. 6 bay nave and aisles, 2 storey porch and outer chapel, transepts, crossing with crossing tower, chancel and flanking chancel chapels. Perpendicular font, wood pulpit and stained glass. C13 efigy of reclining knight. Bull monument in south transept. Brass to Coker (killed in Monmouth's Rebellion) in fat Baroque wooden frame. 2 scratched marble tablets (1 by Chideock tomb, and 1 in St Katherine's Chapel). Rococo tablet in north transept. C17 oak chair.

Parish Church of St Mary, the churchyard walls, the War Memorial, and wall to the Vicarage Garden form a group.


Listing NGR: SY4657792600

War memorials to the First and Second World War's as well as the Falklands Conflict.

Obelisk for the First World War.

Grade II listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-402938-war-memorial-bridport" rel="nofollow">War Memorial, Bridport</a>

1. 5191 SOUTH STREET (West Side)

War Memorial SY 4692 1/446

II GV

2. Circa 1920. Ashlar. Wall, breaking back to enclose obelisk with moulded plinth; crocketed pinnacles in angles; gabled top; niche with figure of St George and the Dragon. 1 rusticated and vermiculated pier of former Church Wall, incorporated at north end.

Parish Church of St Mary, the churchyard walls, the War Memorial, and wall to the Vicarage Garden form a group.


Listing NGR: SY4659592622
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