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the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary

Ashill

Somerset

Anglican parish church, C12 or C13, with various later alteration, Local stone rubble, with some grey lias stone, Has stone dressings

Architectural Features

plain clay tiled roofs with coped gables, and bands of scalloped tiles to chancel.

east window 3-light C15 traceried, set in hollowed recess under square-stopped arched label

on south side two 2-light late C15 flat-arched windows with cinquefoil cusped ogee-head lights and quatrefoil spandril under deep square labels having shield stops

one similar window west of north porch, and to east a C19 reconstruction of a C13 plate-traceried window.

the inner archway of C12 or C13, stilted segmental with chevron decoration, the side shafts octagonal on plan with one cushion and one scallop capital.

plinth, angled corner buttresses with offset to nearly full height, string courses, corner gargoyles to top, battlemented parapet

above a 3-light 4-centre- arched window with simple C16 or C17 tracery set in deep hollowed recess with label over

otherwise stage one plain: to second stage are 2-light C15 traceried windows with horizontal baffles, that on the south face part blocked

cinquefoil rere-arch to north-east nave window, Fittings include an early C17 pulpit,

a C15 octagonal font.

In the north wall of the nave two early C14 tomb recesses, one with the effigy of a lady of c1300, the other is of a knight of c1380. ,