| St George's Church | |
| Coordinates: | 51.2031°N -1.9156°W |
| Location: | Orcheston, Wiltshire, England |
| Built: | 13th century |
| Designation1: | Grade II* listed building |
| Designation1 Offname: | Church of St. George |
| Designation1 Date: | 4 July 1985 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1024021 |
St George's Church in Orcheston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[1] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1982, and was vested in the Trust on 30 October 1985.[2]
The church is built of flint and has a Norman north door.[1] The door has single columns which are headed by simple scallop-shaped carvings with fan-shaped leaves in the scallops. The short embattled west tower has a tiled pyramidal roof. It contains three bells which were cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough following fire damage to the bells which previously hung there;[3] [4] another source lists four, including a bell from the Salisbury foundry of c.1400.[5]
The windows in the nave and Early English chancel and low tower also date from the 13th century.[1] The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. Inside are the Royal Arms of 1636.[1] The font is of a style popular in the 15th century, although it was made in 1833. The funerary hatchment is also from the 1830s.
The church was restored in 1833 by Thomas Henry Wyatt,[6] [7] during which the roof of nave was raised. In 1933 the parish of St George was combined with St Mary's, the other church in the village,[3] which continues in use.
In 1988 the church was used as a location for the filming of the BBC television series First Born with Charles Dance ringing the church's bells.[8]