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Saint Mary

Saint Mary

Kilve

Somerset

Parish church C14, rest C15, though tower might be 1636, vestry 1876, church restored 1913.

Architectural Features

chancel 2-light cinquefoil ogee leaded mullioned window to left of ogee leaded priests door, 3-light East window, East door to vestry, North front C19 4-light chamfered mullioned window, two 2-light cinquefoil headed mullioned windows under hood mantels with reset medieval carved faces as terminal bosses.

Interior: rendered, C15 ribbed

plastered barrel vault to chancel, nave roof partially renewed C19 with original wall plate and bosses, C14 chancel arch, steeply chamfered arch with inset chamfered arch between chancel and vestry, latter added in memory of William Greswell on site of earlier building formerly linked to chancel by arcade.

Pulpit lit by gabled projection blocked below with ogee headed blocked niche on East side in rear arch of adjoining window.

The font stands at the west end in front of the tower, with the two bay nave stretching before the altar.

C12 font, cable moulded base

The font stands at the west end in front of the tower, with the two bay nave stretching before the altar.

© Neil Owen

Royal Coat of Arms 1660, restoredi fine slate memorial stone to John Cunditt, died 1690 set in marble aediante on South wall

Until 1636 the bells were housed in a separate thatched structure, but it seems unlikely that all the tower is as late as this would suggest. (Photograph in NMR