| Church of St James | |
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| Location | Preston Plucknett, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 50°56′37″N2°39′49″W / 50.9436°N 2.6636°W |
| Built | 1420 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Church of St James |
| Designated | 19 March 1951 [1] |
| Reference no. | 1346135 |
  Location of Church of St James in Somerset | |
The Church of St James in Preston Plucknett, Somerset, England, was built in 1420. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
The church was built in 1420 with substantial Victorian restoration in the 19th century. [1] The church which had been funded by John Stourton was consecrated in 1443. [2]
A vestry was added in the 1950s and an annexe in 1979, which was expanded in 2001.
It became a separate parish church in 1988: until that time, it had been a church of St John's, the parish church of Yeovil. [3]
The parish and benefice of Preston Plucknett is within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4]
The hamstone building has clay tile roofs. The 60 feet (18 m) high three-stage west tower survives from the original 15th century church with the addition of a clock in the 19th. [5] It is supported by diagonal buttresses, [1] and contains six bells. [6]
In the churchyard is a 15th-century cross, however the head of the cross with three figures on it is now stored in a glass case within the church itself. [7]
Preston Plucknett is a suburb of Yeovil in Somerset, England. It was once a small village, and a separate civil parish until 1930, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parishes of Yeovil, Brympton and West Coker. It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Preston" when its lord was Ansger of Montacute. In the 13th century, Alan de Plugenet was lord of the manor and added his surname to Preston. Following the 20th century expansion of Yeovil, Preston Plucknett became little more than a suburb of the town. Throughout the centuries the spelling and pronunciation of the name has changed and evolved until it became the present day "Preston Plucknett." The parish of Preston Plucknett was part of the Stone Hundred.
Stourton with Gasper is a civil parish in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire. Its main settlement is the village of Stourton, along with the hamlets of Bonham and Gasper. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) northwest of the small town of Mere, and is part of the Stourhead estate, which includes much of the west of the parish. The estate is in the ownership of the National Trust, and the entrance to the estate's famous house and garden is through the village.
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