English Heritage sites near South Perrott Parish
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
12 miles from South Perrott Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
12 miles from South Perrott Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
12 miles from South Perrott Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
THE NINE STONES
13 miles from South Perrott Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
13 miles from South Perrott Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
15 miles from South Perrott Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in South Perrott Parish
South Perrott & Chedington: St Mary
Church Hill
South Perrott & Chedington
Beaminster
01308 862320
http://www.beaminsterteamchurches.org
South Perrott & Chedington St Mary is part of the Beaminster Area Team Ministry which covers 50 square miles of beautiful rural West Dorset. The team consists of 14 individual parishes plus the chapel in the grounds of Mapperton House. Our worship shows a wonderful variety of styles ranging from services from the Book of Common Prayer to the child-centred Messy Church, with music a vital part of our activities.
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From the outside the church of St. Mary is an oddly complex mass, short and heavy, but inside it all fits simply together. The central tower has four identical arches from the early 13th century, with the north transept and nave a little later. The chancel and south transept were rebuilt between 1907 and 1913.
Pubs in South Perrott Parish
Chedington Court Golf Club
Chedington Court Golf Club, Beaminster
Parrett Hotel
Ex-village pub, with change of use granted to Hotel in 2018, the bar of which had been for exclusive use of residents, has recently re-opened to non-residents, albeit only at weekends. Riverside garden and 5 letting rooms, two with disabled...