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St Saviour

St Saviour

Hewish

Somerset

PUXTON C.P. PUXTON LANE ST 46 SW 5/2 Parish Church of St Saviour 9.2.61 - I Parish Church: largely C15

Architectural Features

C16.

West tower, 3 bay nave, 2 bay chancel, north porch dated 1557.

Nave has irregular C14

C15 windows, pointed south doorway and buttresses with weathered offsets and simple gabled north porch with ball finial.

Chancel, not rendered, has C16 2- and 3-light square head windows

roof has C17 close spaced trusses with ceiling at tie beam level, except in pulpit bay which retains sawn-off ends of moulded beams of rood loft.

Moulded chancel arch and base of C16 stone screen.

Reading desk and panelled octagonal pulpit flanking chancel arch

wrought iron hourglass stand by pulpit.

Early/mid C16 heavy oak pews in most of nave, rear of pew by entrance has cresting and finials

Norman tub font, scraped, C17 strapwork cover.

C17 door with bar at south.

Royal arms, 1751 over south door.