Church of St Michael, Shepton Beauchamp

Church of St Michael
Location Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England
Coordinates 50°57′01″N 2°50′57″W / 50.95028°N 2.84917°W / 50.95028; -2.84917Coordinates: 50°57′01″N 2°50′57″W / 50.95028°N 2.84917°W / 50.95028; -2.84917
Built 13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated 4 February 1958[1]
Reference no. 428473
Location of Church of St Michael in Somerset

The Church of St Michael in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England is built of local hamstone, and has 13th-century origins, although it has been extensively changed since then, with major renovation in 1865 by George Edmund Street. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The building is of lias and Ham stone and is made up of a chancel with a north chapel and a vestry, a nave and tall three-stage west tower,[2] dating from 1477,[3] which was largely rebuilt in the 16th century.[2] It has set-back buttresses ascending to the shafts of former pinnacles, set off with an embattled parapet and gargoyles. There are two-light traceried bell-chamber windows with stone grilles, continuing as blank openings on the ringing chamber below. There are clocks with Roman numerals to the west and south faces and a higher polygonal stair-turret to the north corner.[1] The tower holds eight bells several of which date back to 1738 and were made by the Bilbie family.[2]

The former rectory, now called Beauchamp Manor, was built in 1874 for the rector V.S.S. Coles to house his curates and visitors.[4][5]

The parish is part of the Winsmoor benefice within the Crewkerne and Ilminster deanery.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Church of St Michael". Images of England. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 R.W. Dunning (editor), A.P. Baggs, R.J.E. Bush (1978). "Parishes: Shepton Beauchamp". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
  4. ↑ Dunning, Robert (1980). Somerset and Avon. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son. p. 125. ISBN 0-7028-8380-8.
  5. ↑ "The Old Rectory and Beauchamp Manor". Images of England. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "St Michael's, Shepton Beauchamp". Church of England. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
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