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St Margaret

St Margaret

Hinton Blewett

Somerset

C13 with C15 west tower rebuilt in 1780s, 1553 north aisle and 1928 restoration.

Architectural Features

Pointed headed Perpendicular east window with hoodmould and next to this an early C17 wall monument with pulvinated frieze.

Gabled south porch with 2-leaf C18 plank gates, stone benches to either wall, richly moulded C13 pointed headed doorway with hoodmould and face stops and a pointed headed water stoup to right hand.

Nave has unusual 4-bay 1553 arcade giving onto north aisle with hollow chamfered arches, necked capitals and piers of clustered shafts, quadrangular on plan.

Triple chamfered tower arch, embattled wooden wall plate and C15 waggon roof with carved bosses.

ST5956 : St Margaret's: pulpit

Rood loft stairway behind pulpit on south wall.

ST5956 : St Margaret's: pulpit

© Basher Eyre

Nave has Norman font: waterleaf base to pillar, nebule frieze to cushion capital bowl

C15 benches with traceried ends

some fronts, 1638 pulpit and tester.

Chancel has early C20 stained glass memorial east window.

Further stained glass in north aisle east window.