Church of St Mary Magdalene | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Great Elm |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°14′33″N 2°21′53″W / 51.2425°N 2.3647°W |
Completed | 12th century |
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. [1]
In the 13th century the two- bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240. The chancel was widened around the same period. [2] Some of the Romanesque fabric of the original Norman building can be seen despite the remodelling in the early 17th century. [3] The walls show herringbone pattern masonry. [2] The three-stage tower has corner buttresses and a saddleback roof. [1]
Some of the box pews are Jacobean, and there is a 17th-century pulpit. [1] The West end has an imitation Jacobean gallery formerly used by the choir and organ. [2]
The parish is part of the benefice of Mells with Buckland Dinham, Elm, Whatley and Chantry within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4]
Church of St Mary Magdalene | |
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![]() | |
General information | |
Town or city | Great Elm |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°14′33″N 2°21′53″W / 51.2425°N 2.3647°W |
Completed | 12th century |
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. [1]
In the 13th century the two- bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240. The chancel was widened around the same period. [2] Some of the Romanesque fabric of the original Norman building can be seen despite the remodelling in the early 17th century. [3] The walls show herringbone pattern masonry. [2] The three-stage tower has corner buttresses and a saddleback roof. [1]
Some of the box pews are Jacobean, and there is a 17th-century pulpit. [1] The West end has an imitation Jacobean gallery formerly used by the choir and organ. [2]
The parish is part of the benefice of Mells with Buckland Dinham, Elm, Whatley and Chantry within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [4]