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St Mary the Virgin

St Mary The Virgin

Chard

Somerset

Late C11/early C12 origins

Architectural Features

rebuilt C15.

Early C17 clerestorey.

gargoyles to most buttresses and between corner buttresses

5-light east window with figure stops to hoodmould

6-bay nave has 3-light windows and early C17 clerestorey dormers with moulded mullioned 3-light windows and obelisks.

canopied niche flanked by 1882 relief panels of angels

fragment of late C11/early C12 round-headed arch to south chancel wall

ROOFS: coved stone cornice with floral and foliated bosses to C15 coffered wagon roof

moulded beams with bosses to coffered chapel and aisle ceilings, those to north aisle with angel corbels

Nave has coved plaster cornice with rose and floral bosses to early C17 coffered roof of light scantling.

The Font

FITTINGS: C15 octagonal font with quatrefoil panels and restored cover

The Font

© Ray Jennings

1880 pulpit

late C19 brass eagle lecturn.

Two early C17 parish chests.

Fine memorials include a monument to William Brewer, physician, d 1614, in north chapel

inscription panels between consoles supporting figures of William and wife flanked by sons and daughters, all kneeling at prayer, set within Corinthian aedicule with heraldic achievement set in broken segmental pediment surmounted by classical female figures and flanking obelisks.