Church of St Mary, Chesterblade

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Church of St Mary
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Location Chesterblade, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°10′09″N2°29′10″W / 51.1693°N 2.4862°W / 51.1693; -2.4862 Coordinates: 51°10′09″N2°29′10″W / 51.1693°N 2.4862°W / 51.1693; -2.4862
Built12th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Mary
Designated2 June 1961 [1]
Reference no.1222368
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Location of Church of St Mary in Somerset

The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chesterblade, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] It is located 3 miles northeast of Evercreech (to which parish it belongs), and three miles south east of Shepton Mallet. [2]

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History

The church was first built in the 12th century and revised in the 13th and 15th centuries, with Victorian restoration in 1888. [1] The church was linked with St John's Priory, Wells. [3]

The parish of Evercreech with Chesterblade is part of the Alham Vale benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4]

Architecture

The church consists of a three-bay nave with a south porch and a chancel. Above the nave is a small bellcote. [1] It has a king post roof. [5]

The chancel includes some Jacobean panelling. The stone pulpit is 15th century, but the font is Norman. [1] The font stands on Victorian encaustic tiles with an octagonal plinth. The bowl is 0.89 metres (2 ft 11 in) high. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "St Mary the Virgin, Chesterblade, Somerset· The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland". www.crsbi.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Collinson, John (1791). The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset: Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a Map of the County, and Engravings of Roman and Other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches, and Gentlemen's Seats, Volume 3. R. Cruttwell. p. 415.
  4. ↑ "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Chesterblade". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Chesterblade St Mary". Somerset Churches. Dawson Heritage. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "St Mary the Virgin, Chesterblade, Somerset". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. King's College London. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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