Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nether Stowey

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Church of St Mary the Virgin
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Location Nether Stowey, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°09′01″N3°08′59″W / 51.1503°N 3.1498°W / 51.1503; -3.1498
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Mary the Virgin
Designated29 March 1963
Reference no.1344922
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Location of Church of St Mary the Virgin in Somerset

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Nether Stowey in the English county of Somerset has a 15th-century tower, with the remainder of the church being rebuilt in 1851 by Richard Carver and Charles Edmund Giles. It is as a Grade II* listed building. [1] [2]

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History

Nether Stowey had a small church by the 12th century with a three-bay nave. A gallery was added in the early 17th century. In 1791 a failed attempt was made to enlarge the church, but in 1814 a transept was added. [3]

The parish is part of the Quantock Villages benefice of Aisholt, Enmore, Goathurst, Nether Stowey, Over Stowey and Spaxton within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4] [5]

Architecture

The red sandstone church now has a nave, north and south aisles and a chancel with attached vestry. [6] The three-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and decorated with pinnacles and prominent gargoyles. [2] The tower contains six bells which were recast in 1914. [3]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1344922)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 March 2008.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1344922)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 A P Baggs, R J E Bush and M C Siraut, 'Parishes: Nether Stowey', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1985), pp. 190-200. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol5/pp190-200 [accessed 30 April 2017].
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  5. "A Profile of the Quantock Villages Benefice" (PDF). Diocese of Bath and Wells. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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