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===St Dunstan's Church=== The parish church of [[Dunstan|St. Dunstan]] is Grade II* listed.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1065676|desc=Church of St Dunstan|access-date=28 March 2016|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> It was built in Cheam Village in 1864 next to [[Lumley Chapel]] on the site of a medieval church. It was built with [[Kentish ragstone]] below pitched slate roofs, with dressings to windows and doors in [[Bath Stone]]. It was designed by [[F. H. Pownall]] in the [[Gothic revival]] architectural style, and features [[polychrome brickwork]] decoration internally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the church - Cheam, St Dunstan - A Church Near You |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/589/page/230/view/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref> The [[lychgate]], dated 1891, at the entrance to the churchyard, is listed Grade II.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1357594|desc= Lychgate in the Churchyard of St Dunstan's, Sutton|access-date= 20 August 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In the churchyard are three tombs which are Grade II listed. <ref>{{NHLE |num= 1382344|desc= The tomb of Fleetwood Dormer d. 1736 in the Churchyard of St Dunstan's, Sutton|access-date= 20 August 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1382345|desc= The tomb of William Farmer c.1815 in the Churchyard of St Dunstan's, Sutton|access-date= 20 August 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1382351|desc= The tomb of Christian and Henry Neale d. 1675 and Eliza Dutton d. 1687 in the Churchyard of St Dunstan's, Sutton|access-date= 20 August 2013|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The graveyard attached to this church was twice subject to a {{convert|6|ft|m|adj=on}} archaeological excavation by the police, first between June and September 2012, and again from April 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/graveyard-searched-for-signs-of-lee-boxell-who-went-missing-in-sutton-24-years-ago-8162602.html|title=Graveyard searched for signs of Lee Boxell, who went missing in Sutton|date=2012-09-21|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> This excavation was conducted in order to uncover evidence in the investigation into the unsolved [[disappearance of Lee Boxell]], a fifteen-year-old local schoolboy, in 1988. The church was home to an informal youth club in the 1980s, known as 'The Shed'.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-21469464|title=Paedophiles active when boy vanished|date=2013-02-15|access-date=2019-05-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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