Church of St Michael, Stawley

Church of St Michael
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Stawley
Country England
Coordinates 50°59′44″N 3°20′25″W / 50.9955°N 3.3404°W / 50.9955; -3.3404
Completed 13th century

The Church of St Michael in Stawley, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The current church stands on the site of an earlier Norman church from which some herringbone pattern walling survives in the nave.[2]

Much of the current church was built in early 16th century, paid for by local farmer and trader Henry Howe, who is remembered by a scroll over the door. Additional funding, possibly by the family of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett, paid for the tower which displays their coat of arms with three swords.[3]

The church register dates from 1528.[4] Despite some minor Victorian restoration in 1873 the church fabric is largely as it would have been in medieval times.[5] In 2007 a sixth bell, which had previously been at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Maperton, was added to the existing peel in the three-stage west tower.[6][5]

The Anglican parish is part of the benefice of Wellington and district within the archdeadconry of Taunton.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Michael". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Stawley St. Michael and All Angels". Dawson Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Dunning, Robert (1996). Fifty Somerset Churches. Somerset Books. pp. 87–89. ISBN 978-0861833092.
  4. ↑ "Stawley". Wiveliscombe Area Website. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  5. 1 2 "St Michael and All Angels, Stawley". Wellington Team Churches. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Stawley, Somerset. St Michael". Keltek Trust. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "St Michael & All Angels, Stawley". Church of England. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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