Church of St Bartholomew, Oake

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Church of St Bartholomew
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Location Oake, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°01′11″N3°12′35″W / 51.0197°N 3.2096°W / 51.0197; -3.2096 Coordinates: 51°01′11″N3°12′35″W / 51.0197°N 3.2096°W / 51.0197; -3.2096
Built13th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St Bartholomew
Designated25 January 1956 [1]
Reference no.1307395
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Location of Church of St Bartholomew in Somerset

The Church of St Bartholomew in Oake, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

Oake village in the United Kingdom

Oake is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 765.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

Listed building Protected historic structure in the United Kingdom

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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History

The first part of the church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries with the porch being added in the 15th and the upper stage of the tower around 1536.

The parish is part of the Deane Vale benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [2]

A benefice or living is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The Roman Empire used the Latin term beneficium as a benefit to an individual from the Empire for services rendered. Its use was adopted by the Western Church in the Carolingian Era as a benefit bestowed by the crown or church officials. A benefice specifically from a church is called a precaria such as a stipend and one from a monarch or nobleman is usually called a fief. A benefice is distinct from an allod, in that an allod is property owned outright, not bestowed by a higher authority.

The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.

Architecture

The red sandstone building has hamstone dressings. [1]

Hamstone

Hamstone is the name given to a honey-coloured building stone from Ham Hill, Somerset, England. It is a well-cemented medium to coarse grained limestone characterised by marked bedding planes of clay inclusions and less well-cemented material which weather differentially to give exposed blocks a characteristic furrowed appearance. In origin, Hamstone is a Jurassic limestone from the Toarcian, or Upper Lias, stage.

The window in the north wall was brought from Taunton Priory. [3] The font is Saxon, [4] and the octagonal pulpit from the 17th century. [1]

Taunton Priory

Taunton Priory, or the Priory of St Peter and St Paul, was an Augustinian monastery founded c. 1115 by William Gyffarde, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England near Taunton, Somerset, England.

Baptismal font article of church furniture intended for infant baptism

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism.

Pulpit speakers stand in a church

Pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin pulpitum. The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accessed by steps, with sides coming to about waist height. From the late medieval period onwards, pulpits have often had a canopy known as the sounding board or abat-voix above and sometimes also behind the speaker, normally in wood. Though sometimes highly decorated, this is not purely decorative, but can have a useful acoustic effect in projecting the preacher's voice to the congregation below. Most pulpits have one or more book-stands for the preacher to rest his or her bible, notes or texts upon.

A large 150 year old cedar tree in the churchyard was blown over in 2014. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Church of St Bartholomew". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "St Bartholomew, Oake". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "St Bartholomew, Oake Somerset - 3rd July 2010". Roughwood. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "St Bartholomew's Oake". Oake Parish. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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