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St Martin's Church, Fivehead

St Martin's Church, Fivehead

Church in Somerset, England

The Anglican Church of St Martin in Fivehead, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1][2]

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The church built of Hamstone includes a three-bay nave, chancel, south aisle and porch, and a west tower.[2]

The three-stage tower dates from around 1505.[3] It is supported by diagonal buttresses and embellished with corner pinnacles and gargoyles.[2] There are six bells the oldest of which was cast around 1500.[4]

Within the church is a palimpsest depicting Jane Seymour.[4] There was a gallery at the back of the nave, however this was removed along with the box pews during Victorian restoration.[4] The Norman font has a cylindrical stem and bowl, which has an intricately decorated rim.[5]

Outside the church next to the village green is the War Memorial[6]

The parish is within the benefice of Curry Rivel with Fivehead and Swell which is part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Church of St. Martin". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Church of St. Martin". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. [3]
    Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
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    "St. Martin's". Fivehead. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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    "St Martin, Fivehead, Somerset". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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    "War memorial". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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    "St Martin, Fivehead". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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