St Peter's Church, Winterborne Came

2013-06-26

The quintessential country squire’s church

Disciples and devotees of the Revd Williams Barnes (1801-86), the Dorset poet, gravitate to this church; he was rector here and is buried in the churchyard.

Close to the Palladian Came House, and alongside some of its outbuildings, it is almost the epitome of the country squire’s church.

It is a simple building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, and was refurnished in Victorian times. Monuments to the Meller and Dawson-Damer families include a fine tomb chest with effigies to John Meller (died 1595) and his wife Anne.