Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip

Church of St Giles
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Leigh-on-Mendip
Country England
Coordinates 51°13′26″N 2°26′30″W / 51.2239°N 2.4416°W / 51.2239; -2.4416
Completed c. 1350

The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1 listed building,[1] with an unusual faceless clock.[2]

The 91-foot-6-inch (27.89 m) tower dates from around 1464.[3] It contains six bells, five of which date from the 1750s.[4] A scratch sundial can be seen on one of the buttress at the foot of the tower.[5]

There is a stone statue of St Catherine on the sill of the south east window, which may date from the 12th century.[1] It was found in 1898 and believed to have been moved to the church from the chapel of St Catherine in Mells.[6]

The parish is part of the benefice of Leigh-on-Mendip with Stoke St Michael within the Frome deanery.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Church of St Giles". Images of England. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
  2. ↑ "Faceless Clock". Leigh on Mendip. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Wright, Peter Poyntz (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
  4. ↑ "Bells". Leigh-on-Mendip. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "History of Leigh-on-Mendip". Leigh-on-Mendip. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. ↑ de Viggiani, May. "A History of Leigh on Mendip". Mary de Viggiani. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip". Church of England. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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