Church of St Andrew & St Mary, Pitminster

Church of St Andrew & St Mary

Engraving of a church building with a hexagonal tower supporting a spire.

Engraving of the Church of St Andrew and St Mary made before 1923
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Pitminster
Country England
Coordinates 50°57′58″N 3°06′40″W / 50.9661°N 3.1110°W / 50.9661; -3.1110
Completed c. 1300
The church in 2005

The Church of St Andrew & St Mary in Pitminster, Somerset, England was built around 1300 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The current church was built on the site of an earlier Saxon church. The tower has a square first stage, an octagonal belfry and a lead covered spire.[2]

During a Victorian restoration in 1869,[3] George Gilbert Scott rebuilt the north aisle and south porch.[4]

The interior is distinguished by effigy tombs of three generations of the Colles family who were lords of the manor in the 16th and 17th centuries.[5][6] The font is from the 15th century.[4]

The Anglican parish is part of the Blackdown benefice within the archdeaconry of Taunton.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Andrew and St Mary". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Pitminster". Blackdown Befice. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster Village". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Pitminster — church history". Church of England. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Monument to John Colles and wife Anne. 1608 St.Mary and St.Andrew Pitminster.". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Pitminster — St Andrew & St Mary". Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "St Mary & St Andrew, Pitminster". Church of England. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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