- Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip
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Church of St Giles 
Location within SomersetGeneral information Town or city Leigh-on-Mendip Country England Coordinates 51°13′26″N 2°26′30″W / 51.2239°N 2.4416°W 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 feet 6 inches (27.89 m) high tower dates from around 1464.[3] It contains six bells, five of which dates from the 1750s.[4] A scracth 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
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
- List of towers in Somerset
References
- ^ a b "Church of St Giles". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=266712. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
- ^ "Faceless Clock". Leigh on Mendip. http://www.leigh-on-mendip.org.uk/orgs/church/Clock%20BOOKLET%20with%20photo_060101.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0861275020.
- ^ "Bells". Leigh-on-Mendip. http://www.leigh-on-mendip.org.uk/orgs/church/church.htm#Bells. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "History of Leigh-on-Mendip". Leigh-on-Mendip. http://www.leigh-on-mendip.org.uk/history/history.htm. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ de Viggiani, Mary. "A History of Leigh on Mendip". Mary de Viggiani. http://www.dixon.org.uk/deviggiani/LOM_index.html. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/leigh-on-mendip-st-giles/. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
- Church of England churches in Mendip
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