Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Old house ion front of square stone church tower
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon is located in Somerset
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Kilmersdon
Country England
Coordinates 51°16′13″N 2°26′13″W / 51.2702°N 2.437°W / 51.2702; -2.437
Completed 16th century

The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England dates back to the Norman period, though much of the current structure was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The tower, which was built around 1443,[2] is in four stages, includes corner buttresses with shafts and pinnacles, and is connected across the angle. The tower contains a ring of six bells, the heaviest being a tenor of 21 cwt. The summit has large corner shafts with pinnacles. There are traceried 3-light bell-chamber windows with a dense quatrefoil interlace and blank 2-light windows on the two lower stages. The flanked niches were for statuary, however this is now missing.[1] The church has a triangular lychgate designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Church of St Peter and St Paul". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=267941. Retrieved 2006-10-07. 
  2. ^ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0861275020. 
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