Bothenhampton

Bothenhampton is a village in south west Dorset, England, just outside Bridport. The village has a population of 2,186 (2001), 45.5% are retired.

The parish church, Holy Trinity was designed by the Arts and Crafts movement architect Edward Schroeder Prior in 1889. It was his first church. By the late 19th Century the 15th C. village church had fallen into disrepair. The new church was funded by J.P.F. Grundy, one of the directors of the West Bay Building Company, by public subscription and anonymous donation. The roof is the most radical feature of the church. The arches spring at 2’6 above floor level and rise to a ridge 30’ high. The windows are filled with a forerunner of Prior’s lovely Early English Glass. The altar table and furnishings were designed by another leading Arts and Crafts Movement architect William Lethaby, as was the altar front with its intertwined wild roses, leaves and stems. The Village Park is a memorial to John Holt, situated at the end of the village.

External links

* [http://www.bothenhampton.org.uk/ Bothenhampton Village website] [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/d4f9afa430912f4b80256ec500513059?OpenDocument Census data]

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