---
title: "St Mary Magdalene, Batcombe"
description: "Located in Batcombe, Dorset. Built C15 nave and west tower; chancel rebuilt 1864; north porch added 1864. Diocese of Salisbury. Grade I. Perpendicular style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Dorset","Batcombe","Grade I","Perpendicular"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-magdalene-batcombe"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:15:52.802Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:43.161Z"
location: "Batcombe, Dorset"
country: "England"
county: "Dorset"
town: "Batcombe"
address: "Stile Way, Batcombe, Dorset, DT2 7BG"
postcode: "DT2 7BG"
built: "C15 nave and west tower; chancel rebuilt 1864; north porch added 1864"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Salisbury"
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular"
materials: "Rubble-stone and flint walls with freestone dressings; clay-tile roofs"
openingHours: "Always open."
parish: "Batcombe"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118654"
gridReference: "ST 618 038"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary Magdalene, Batcombe

St Mary Magdalene (listed as the Parish Church of St Mary) is a Grade I church at Batcombe, Dorset, in the Diocese of Salisbury.

## Overview

Historic England records a fifteenth-century nave and west tower, with the chancel rebuilt and a north porch added in 1864. The walls are rubble-stone and flint with freestone dressings, under clay-tile roofs. The three-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses, an embattled parapet with pinnacles and gargoyles, and the principal west doorway. Nave windows are fifteenth-century, with three cinquefoiled ogee lights and vertical tracery. The tower arch is moulded; the nave roof has collar-beam traces forming four-centred arches. A late-fifteenth-century screen stands under the chancel arch. The font is a roughly circular stone bowl with cable ornament. The church stands apart at the head of the Wriggle Valley; several churchyard monuments are separately listed Grade II. The listing cites RCHM Dorset I.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1118654](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118654)
- [British Listed Buildings: Parish Church of St Mary, Batcombe](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101118654-parish-church-of-st-mary-batcombe)