Church of St Mary, Yatton

Church of St Mary
View from the south-west
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city	Yatton
Country	England
Coordinates	51°23′06″N 2°49′07″W / 51.3850°N 2.8185°W / 51.3850; -2.8185
Completed	14th century

The Church of St Mary in central Yatton, Somerset, England is often called the 'Cathedral of the Moors' due to its size and grandeur in relation to the village.^[1] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.^[2]

While the current church was constructed in the 14th century, it is likely that a previous Christian church was located on the same site.

The tower, which was built around 1400,^[3] has three stages with diagonal weathered buttresses with crocketed pinnacles. There is a south-east hexagonal stair turret rising above the parapet with panelled sides to the top, and an open cusped parapet.^[2] Unusually for Somerset a Dundry stone steeple was built in 1455-56, of stone. In 1595 freemasons were engaged to take down the spire and reduce it to its present dimensions. The tower was damaged by fire in 1991.^[4]

See also

• List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset
• List of towers in Somerset

References

1. ^ "St. Mary the Virgin, Yatton". Yatton Moor Team Ministry. http://www.yattonchurches.org/Yatton/yatton.html. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Church of St Mary". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33810. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 
3. ^ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0861275020. 
4. ^ "History of Yatton and its Ancient Parish Church". Yatton Moor Team Ministry. http://www.yattonchurches.org/Yatton/yatton_history.html. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 

External links

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