Plush, Dorset

{{Short description|Village in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Use British English|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image = Plush, The Brace of Pheasants - geograph.org.uk - 425889.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption = ''The Brace Of Pheasants'' public house, Plush |country = England |official_name = Plush |coordinates = {{coord|50.8183|-2.4068|display=inline,title}} |map_type = Dorset |unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |region = South West England |os_grid_reference = ST715022 }} '''Plush''' is a small village in the [[English county]] of [[Dorset]]. It lies within the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Piddletrenthide]] in the west of the county, and is approximately {{convert|8|miles|km}} north of the county town [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]. It is sited in a small side-valley of the [[River Piddle]] at an altitude of {{convert|130|m|ft}} and is surrounded by chalk hills which rise to {{convert|251|m|ft}} at [[Ball Hill, Dorset|Ball Hill]], a kilometre to the northeast, and {{convert|261|m|ft}} at [[Lyscombe Hill]], 2½ kilometres to the east.

Plush consists of a few thatched cottages, a public house, a [[Regency era|Regency]] manor house and a small church dedicated to St John the Baptist; the church was designed in 1848 by [[Benjamin Ferrey]], a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] architect and close friend of Pugin.<ref>''Dorset: [[The Buildings of England]]'' by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner. Page 317. Published by Penguin Books 1972. Reprinted 1975. {{ISBN|0-14-071044-2}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Music at Plush]]

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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]