Church of St Mary, Hardington Mandeville

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Church of St Mary
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Location Hardington Mandeville, Somerset, England
Coordinates 50°54′17″N2°41′42″W / 50.9048°N 2.6949°W / 50.9048; -2.6949 Coordinates: 50°54′17″N2°41′42″W / 50.9048°N 2.6949°W / 50.9048; -2.6949
Built1123
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Mary
Designated19 April 1961 [1]
Reference no.1345795
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Location of Church of St Mary in Somerset

The Anglican Church of St Mary in Hardington Mandeville, Somerset, England was built in 1123. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

The church was built in 1123 on the site of an earlier church. Major restoration was carried out in the 15th century with further Victorian restoration in 1864, which included the rebuilding of the chancel. [1]

The clock mechanism was built and installed before 1707. [1]

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

Architecture

The church is built of the local limestone called hamstone. It has a tiled roof. The three-stage tower remains from the 1123 building. There were six bells in the tower, three of which are from the Purdue (Closworth) foundry, with the earliest being dated 1591. [1] Two further bells were added in 1974. [3]

The circular font is thought to be original, dating from 1123; [1] it is made of hamstone, has carvings around the rim and stands on a cylindrical stem. [4]

In the sanctuary is a triangular carving of a beast with a beak. [4] Its origin is obscure and it is not made from local stone. Gittos suggests it is of the Scandinavian Ringerike style. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Church of Saint Mary". National heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "The Blessed Virgin Mary". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. "A Short Account of St Mary's Church". Hardington Mandeville. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "St Mary, Hardington Mandeville, Somerset". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. King's College London. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. Gittos, Brian; Gittos, Moira (1997). "Anglo-Scandinavian? Beast Head in Hardington Mandeville Church". Chronicle. 7 (3): 64–66.
  6. Cramp, Rosemary (2006). Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: South-West England. British Academy. p. 191. ISBN   9780197263341.