Church of St Mary, Oare

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Church of St Mary
Oare Church, near Exmoor, Somerset - geograph.org.uk - 47162.jpg
Location Oare, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°12′45″N3°42′59″W / 51.2124°N 3.7164°W / 51.2124; -3.7164 Coordinates: 51°12′45″N3°42′59″W / 51.2124°N 3.7164°W / 51.2124; -3.7164
Built15th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Mary
Designated22 May 1969 [1]
Reference no.1345381
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Location of Church of St Mary in Somerset

The Anglican Church of St Mary in Oare, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

The nave and inner chancel survive from a 15th-century building, but the outer chancel and tower were rebuilt in the 19th century. [1]

The parish and benefice of Oare with Culbone is part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [2]

The church was used as the location of a marriage in the novel Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore, whose grandfather had been the rector of the church [3] between 1809 and 1842. [4]

Architecture

The stone building has slate roofs. It consists of a three-bay nave, with an inner and outer chancel, each of one bay. The three-stage is unbuttressed. [1]

Inside the church are 18th century box pews and a Norman font on an 18th-century base. [1] There is also a 15th-century piscina with a "grotesque head", [5] said to represent St Decuman. [4]

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References

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