St Bridget's Church, Brean

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St Bridget's Church, Brean
51°17′54″N3°00′36″W / 51.2983°N 3.0099°W / 51.2983; -3.0099
Location Brean
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website www.berrowandbrean.co.uk
History
Dedication Brigid of Kildare
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Designated9 February 1961
Specifications
Bells5
Administration
Archdeaconry Wells
Diocese Bath and Wells
Province Canterbury

St Bridget's Church, Brean is the Church of England parish church of the village of Brean in Somerset, England.

Contents

The parish is part of a benefice with the Parish Church of St Mary, Berrow. The benefice is part of the Archdeaconry of Wells in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [1] Since the 1980s St Bridget's parish has been in a local ecumenical partnership (LEP) with Brean Methodist Church. [2]

History

The dedication to Brigid of Kildare, an Irish abbess who died in 525, implies that Brean was a Celtic Christian settlement. [3]

The present church building has 13th-century origins but was largely rebuilt in the 15th century and again in 1882. The tower was damaged by lightning in the 18th century and rebuilt in 1729. The interior includes a 17th-century pulpit and a 14th or 15th century octagonal stone font. The church is a Grade II* listed building. [4]

Bells

The tower has a ring of five bells. The third, fourth and tenor bells were cast at Bristol in about 1499. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the second bell in 1880 and the treble bell in 2000. [5] The bells are rung occasionally for services and weddings by a band of bell ringers from both churches. [6]

Access

The church is open daily throughout the summer months. Next to the church is a church room with toilets and a kitchen.

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References

  1. ↑ Archbishops' Council. "St Bridget, Brean". A Church Near You . Church of England . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "St Mary's, Berrow and St Bridget's, Brean". St Mary's, Berrow and St Bridget's, Brean. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Dunning 1992, pp. 58–59.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Bridget  (Grade II*) (1262963)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Smith, Martin (24 November 2011). "Brean S Bridget". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers . Central Council for Church Bell Ringers . Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Parish Profile The Benefice of Berrow and Brean" (PDF). Diocese of Bath and Wells. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

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