St Mary
Hermitage, Dorset
Set away from its village, Buckland's church looks unappealing at first because it is completely rendered on the outside.
Buckland Newton, Dorset
But inside it is a fine church with an Early English chancel and 15th century nave.
Above the south doorway is a small Norman sculpture of a seated Christ, and inside, a very much earlier, probably German, slate relief. Some decoration is ancient with linen fold decoration.
Hermitage, Dorset
Cerne Abbas, Dorset
St Mary's was built by the nearby abbey (of which the gatehouse remains at the top of the village street).
Mappowder, Dorset