Description

ST 76 SE MONKTON COMBE

7/123 CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

G.V. II

Anglican Parish Church. 1865 by C.E. Giles of Taunton, replacing a church of
1814; altered and enlarged 1886 by E.H.L. Barker. West tower, nave, chancel,
south aisle and chapel, north aisle and chapel; all in an Early English style.
West tower of 2 stages with a saddleback roof and weathervane; set back buttresses
and cylindrical stair tower with conical roof on north side; corbel table and
triple lancet lights to the bellchamber; 2-light plate tracery west window;
chamfered doorway under a gable to the north. North aisle: two 2-light plate
tracery windows; coarsely cut wheel window to north transept. Chancel: 3-light
east window of lancets with foiled circles above. South aisle and chapel: single
2- and 3-light trefoil headed windows, some under dripmoulds with carved stops.
Interior: 3 bay arcade of cylindrical columns and pointed arches. All fittings
of 1860's and later.

Listing NGR: ST7721961924

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Michael's Church, Monkton Combe at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7594776

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)