- St Thomas A Beckett Church
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name =St Thomas A Beckett Church
location_town =Pensford
location_country =England
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construction_start_date=14th century
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map_type=Somerset
latitude= 51.3710
longitude= -2.5466St Thomas A Beckett Church in
Pensford ,Somerset southwestEngland dates from the14th century .The church has been unused since flood damage from the
River Chew in 1968.The west tower and tierceron vault date from the 14th century. The west doorway with a two-centered arch, dates back to the
15th century , and the font which hasquatrefoil s androse s, is of similar age. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1869, by C.E. Giles ofTaunton . [cite book | author = Pevsner, Nikolaus | year = 1958 | title = The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol | publisher = Penguin Books | id=ISBN 0-300-09640-2 ]The pulpit is Jacobean of which every inch is carved with squares circles and leaves. [cite web |url=http://www.pensford.com/history.php |title=Local History |accessdate=2007-07-27 |format= |work=Pensford.com ]
It is a Grade II*
listed building [cite web | title=St Thomas A Beckett Church | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=32618 | accessdate=2007-07-27] and currently on theEnglish Heritage Buildings at Risk Register , [cite web | title=St Thomas A Beckett Church | work=English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register | url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConBar.6478 | accessdate=2007-07-27] following damage in a flood in 1968. During the 1980s an attempt was made to turn it into an arts centre but this was abandoned when the extent of the repairs required to make the building safe became clear. In 2007 the church was put on the market for redevelopment, [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=For Sale - Pensford Church |url= |work=Chew Valley Gazette |publisher= |date=October 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-30 ] and in 2008 purchased for repair and use as a private dwelling. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Church sold |url= |work=Mendip Times |publisher= |date=May 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-29 ]References
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*External links
* [http://www.pensford.com/ Pensford Web Site]
* [http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/SOM/Pensford/StThomas.html GENUKI:St Thomas à Becket's Church, Pensford]
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