Church of St Mary, West Buckland

Church of St Mary
Stone building with square tower and stair turret.
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city West Buckland
Country England
Coordinates 50°58′40″N 3°10′44″W / 50.9778°N 3.1789°W / 50.9778; -3.1789
Completed 13th century

The Anglican Church of St Mary in West Buckland, Somerset, England has 13th-century origins and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1][2]

The church was built, on the site of an earlier Norman structure, between 1275 and 1300.[3] It consists of a two-bay aisled nave, chancel and north and south chapels.[2] It has a hammerbeam roof.[4] The crenallated three-stage tower was built around 1509.[5] It is supported by diagonal buttresses.[2] It includes six bells, the oldest of which is from 1606.[3] They were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.[4] In 1838 a gallery was built for the choir and organ, but this was removed in 1891.[3]

The interior includes a Purbeck marble font from 1140.[6] In the nave are statues of the 12 Apostles.[4] The stained glass includes work by Clayton and Bell, Charles Eamer Kempe and Michael O’Connor.[4]

The parish is part of the Wellington and District benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Mary". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. 1 2 3 "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Blessed Virgin Mary, West Buckland". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "History of St Mary the Virgin". Buckland St Mary. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Dunning, Robert (2007). Somerset Churches and Chapels: Building Repair and Restoration. Halsgrove. p. 41. ISBN 978-1841145921.
  6. ↑ "St Mary the Virgin, West Buckland". Wellington and District Team Ministry. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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