| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
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| Location | Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 50°56′24″N2°45′13″W / 50.94000°N 2.75361°W |
| Built | 16th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated | 19 April 1961 [1] |
| Reference no. | 437126 |
  Location of Church of St Mary the Virgin in Somerset | |
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, has 13th-century origins but was rebuilt around 1510.
It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]
It has a double plinth, offset corner buttresses, dividing strings, battlemented parapet with pairs of corner pinnacles extended from buttresses, and central paired pinnacles corbelled off gargoyles. [1]
Restoration was undertaken by Henry Wilson in 1894 and again in 1904.
The five-stage tower, dating from around 1485, [2] which rises 98.5 feet (30 m) was damaged by lightning and fire on 29 July 1894, but restored within a year preserving the original design. [3]
The dovecote in the churchyard dates from the 17th century, [4] and was associated with a manor house which was demolished around 1850. [5]
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown is buried in the church's graveyard. [6]
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