St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church

Poole, United Kingdom

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church stands in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, as a striking example of Neo-Byzantine architecture built in 1927. Designed by architects G. A. B. Livesay, Edward Schroeder Prior, and Arthur Grove, it was originally conceived as the Anglican Church of St Osmund, with Prior's west front lauded as his final tour de force in church architecture. The Grade II* listed building served the Church of England until closure and redundancy in 2001, after which it was repurposed as a parish church for the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of The British Isles and Ireland, serving Bournemouth and Poole. The church underwent rededication, first as St Stephen the Great Church before becoming St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church.