Church of St Nicholas, Bratton Seymour

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Church of St Nicholas
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Location Bratton Seymour, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°04′09″N2°27′44″W / 51.0691°N 2.4622°W / 51.0691; -2.4622 Coordinates: 51°04′09″N2°27′44″W / 51.0691°N 2.4622°W / 51.0691; -2.4622
Built13th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Nicholas
Designated24 March 1961 [1]
Reference no.1177220
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Location of Church of St Nicholas in Somerset

The Anglican Church of St Nicholas in Bratton Seymour, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

The church was built in the 13th century. [1] It was originally dedicated to St. Giles, and has also been known as Holy Trinity Church. [2]

Due to the condition of some of the stonework and ceilings the building has been laced o the Heritage at Risk Register. [3]

The parish is part of the Camelot Parishes benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4]

Architecture

The stone building has Doulting and hamstone dressings and slate roofs. It consists of a three-bay nave and two-bay chancel with a small vestry and south porch. [1] The nave walls incorporate remnants of 12th-century carvings. [5] The west tower is supported by angled buttresses and contains bells from the 14th and 15th centuries. [1]

The interior fittings are mostly from the 19th century, [1] but it does contain a circular Norman font. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Church of St. Nicholas". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Church of St Nicholas, Bratton Seymour - South Somerset". Heritage at Risk. Historic England. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "St Nicholas". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bratton Seymour Pages 164-170 A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7, Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bratton Seymour St Nicholas". Camelot Parishes. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland". King's College London. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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