Church of St Mary the Virgin, Croscombe

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Church of St Mary the Virgin
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Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Croscombe
Country England
Coordinates 51°11′51″N2°35′14″W / 51.1975°N 2.5873°W / 51.1975; -2.5873
Construction started15th century
Completed16th century

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Croscombe, Somerset, England, is primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries with 19th-century restoration. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1] [2]

It consists of a nave, chancel and has north and south aisles. The church is unusual in Somerset in having a spire, which rises above a three-stage tower which is supported by diagonal buttresses. [2] St Mary's includes a peal of six bells, the earliest dated 1613, [lower-alpha 1] and an organ by Gray and Davison from 1837. [3]

The Jacobean interior woodwork including the pulpit and rood screen are of national renown. [4] [5] [6] The pulpit is decorated with the arms of Arthur Lake who was the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 17th century. [7]

The churchyard contains war graves of four service personnel, one of World War I and three of World War II. [8]

The parish is part of the benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [9]

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ List of bells. 1 (treble): Mears of Whitechapel, 1808; 2: 1613; 3: Thomas Bilbie of Bristol, 1734; 4: Mears, 1808; 5: Mears, 1820; 6 (tenor): 1658. Source: Ellacombe, Henry Thomas (1875). The Church Bells of Somerset. Exeter: Printed for the author by William Pollard. p. 43.
Citations
  1. ↑ "Church of St Mary the Virgin". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Church of St Mary the Virgin". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Somerset: Croscombe, Blessed Virgin Mary [N05556]". National Pipe Organ Register. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Scott, Shane (1995). The hidden places of Somerset. Aldermaston: Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 63. ISBN   1-902007-01-8.
  5. ↑ Brown, Patrick (1981). Buildings of Britain 1550-1750: South West England. Moorland. pp. 84–85. ISBN   0861900308.
  6. ↑ "Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin - Croscombe". The Benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Goodall, John (2015). Parish Church Treasures: The Nation's Greatest Art Collection. Bloomsbury. p. 163. ISBN   9781472917638.
  8. ↑ "Croscombe (St. Mary) Churchyard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Croscombe: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Croscombe". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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