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St Mary

St Mary

Seavington St Mary

Somerset

C13 origins, mostly late C15 or early 16

Architectural Features

Nave partly rendered on north side, with 2 bay and a west corner-buttress, probably C19, and two 2-light C15 style windows in hollowed pointed-arched recesses under labels, also probably C19: south side has similar 3-light windows on either side of porch,

to east a C13 late plate-traceried 2-light window without label.

Tower of 3 stages, probably early and late C16: deep plinth, angled corner buttress to lowest stage only

string courses, the upper with gargoyles at corners, low battlemented parapet

hexagonal-plan stair turret in north-east corner, taller than remainder of tower: west doorway simple, semi-circular arched without label, and above it a 3-light late C15 window in pointed-arched recess with headstop label

aumbry recess with trefoil head in north wall and C17 segmental-arched recess with fluted side pilasters in east wall.

Small C14 chancel arch, double chamfered without capitals, with squint to south side and pointed-arched recess on north nave side

Simple circular tub font, possibly C12