St Mary's Church, Old Dilton

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St Mary's Church in Old Dilton, Wiltshire, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 26 April 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 6 September 1974.

The church stands close to the Biss Brook in Old Dilton hamlet, about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the town of Westbury. It was a chapelry of Westbury parish church, as the settlement lay within the ancient parish of Westbury. In the early 19th century, one of the curates assisting the vicar of Westbury was assigned to Old Dilton.

When Dilton Marsh civil parish was created in 1894 the boundary followed the Biss, placing the church just within the new parish. The building consists of a nave, chancel, north chapel north aisle and vestry. The gabled south porch is believed to survive from an earlier 14th century building, but the rest of the fabric is 15th century.

It has small stone spire at the western end. The interior of the church was renovated in the 18th century and includes box pews, a three-decker pulpit, and two small galleries. The gallery...