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Saint Bartholomew

Saint Bartholomew

Yeovilton

Somerset

Circa 1300, severly restored in 1872.

Architectural Features

plain clay tiles with bands of fish scale tiles between coped gables.

Chancel has 3-cusped light East window with C14 tracery, with 2-light ogee-head traceried windows to sides

narrow door between windows on South side, now blockedi remains of small figure in trefoiled niche over East window.

South chapel seems mostly of C19 although remains of a Norman doorway arch used as a band course under South window.

South porch may be mostly C14 work, with small 2-light opening with trefoil rere-arch in East wall, and sexfoil window on West side, plain doorway arches.

West door in moulded almost semi-circular headed arch in a flat headed recess, the spandrils foliated, door possibly C16, with sanctuary handle

on North side a statue recess possibly of late C15, much eroded

very small rectangular windows in North and South walls, stage 2, then almost triangular headed 2-light C15 traceried windows to each face of stage 3.

Plinth, string courses each stage, and low slightly crenellated parapet, centre gargoyles and corner pinnacles.

Interior locked and not accessible - said to contain a C14 piscina in the chancel with an ogee arch, resting on a bust corbel

statue bracket on South wall of the nave, and rere-arches to windows of nave and chancel of late C13/early C14.

The money to build the tower bequeathed by a Rector in 1486.