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St Michael

St Michael

Dundry

Somerset

Tower 1484, rest dated 1861 on hopperheads, by G.B. Gabriel.

Architectural Features

Fine 4 stage tower has plinth, set back buttresses, string for each stage, polygonal north-east stair turret, first stage has ornately moulded pointed arch to door under dripmould with regal stops, all below a pointed 5-light window under drip, on the other stages each face has a similar 2-light window under drip with lozenge stops, mainly blank but louvred on fourth stage where the buttresses dwindle to attached shafts, above this stage, on a string with gargoyles, rises a complex Perpendicular pierced and embattled parapet with central finials and hollow, pierced, square, 4-stage corner turrets with flying buttresses, parapets and crocketed caps.