St George's Church, Orcheston

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,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1982, and was vested in the Trust on 30 October 1985.[3]

St George's Church
Location	Orcheston, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates	51°12′11″N 1°54′56″W
Built	13th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Church of St. George
Designated	4 July 1985[1]
Reference no.	319808
Location of St George's Church in Wiltshire

The church is built of flint and has a Norman north door.[2] The door has single columns which are headed by simple scallop-shaped carvings with fan-shaped leaves in the scallops.[4] 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;[5][6] another source lists four, including a bell from the Salisbury foundry of c.1400.[7]

The windows in the nave and Early English chancel and low tower also date from the 13th century.[2] The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses.[1] Inside are the Royal Arms of 1636.[2] The font is of a style popular in the 15th century, although it was made in 1833.[1] The funerary hatchment is also from the 1830s.[1]

The church was restored in 1833 by Thomas Henry Wyatt,[4][8] during which the roof of nave was raised.[1] In 1933 the parish of St George was combined with St Mary's, the other church in the village,[5] 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.[9]