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St Andrew's Church, Portland

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29: 96: 115: 55:. St Andrew's was Portland's first parish church and remained as such until the mid-18th century. It is now one of the island's prime historical sites, and is a Grade II* Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument. The southern retaining wall of the churchyard is also Grade II Listed, as are three remaining churchyard monuments, approximately 7 metres south of the church. 83:
Around 1470–1475 a tower was added and the church was dedicated to St. Andrew. In 1625 a wall was built to shore up the land after a landslip had damaged the church, and threatened the collapse of half the cemetery. Another major landslip in 1665 caused further damage. The church was replaced by
107:. The church ruins were tidied and consolidated by the Portland Field Research Group in 1968–1973, with further conservation and excavation works in 1978–1982. Today, the barest ruins now remain of the church, while some stones are preserved in the garden of 79:
in 1042, who in turn built a new church over the old Saxon foundations in 1100. In 1340 and 1404, French raiders landed at Church Ope Cove and torched St. Andrews, but both times the church was rebuilt.
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The church site, which was first excavated by J. Merrick Head in 1898, suffered some bomb damage during
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It is believed that the site was once occupied by a Saxon church. Later,
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Stones from St Andrew's Church that are preserved at the
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Index

Avalanche Memorial Church

Church Ope Cove
Isle of Portland
Dorset
England
Edward the Confessor
Benedictine Monks
St. Swithin
Winchester
St George's Church
Great Southwell Landslip

World War II
Portland Museum

Portland Museum


"History and Heritage of Portland in Dorset"


"Church Ope Cove and Penn's Weare - Information & Photographs"


Historic England
"Details from listed building database (1205384)"
National Heritage List for England
Historic England
"Details from listed building database (1205401)"

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