Developmental/experimental
Lyng and Middlezoy (combining Langport, Cheddar and Mendip features with new features) and Taunton St. James and Bishops Lydeard (which initiate a West Somerset ground plan)
| Name of church | Photograph | Listed building grade | Year tower built | Height | Location | Description | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | A !I | c. 1497 | Bishops Lydeard 51°03′41″N 3°11′14″W / 51.0614°N 3.1872°W / 51.0614; -3.1872 (Church of St Mary, Bishops Lydeard) |
Dates from the 14th and 15th century and in 1860-62 was extended by one bay and a vestry by Jeboult of Taunton. The tower has pierced tracery battlements, pinnacles, set back buttresses terminating in pinnacles at the bell-storey, and pinnacles on the buttresses at each stage. | |||
| Church of St Bartholomew | A !I | c. 1480 | East Lyng 51°03′19″N 2°57′13″W / 51.0553°N 2.9537°W / 51.0553; -2.9537 (Church of St Bartholomew, Lyng) |
Built by the monks who were displaced from Athelney Abbey when it was dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in 1539. The ornate three-stage tower is of lias with Ham stone dressings supported by set-back buttresses connected diagonally across the angles of the tower on the bottom 2 stages, these terminate as diagonal pinnacles on shafts at the third stage. The paired 2-light bell-chamber windows have Somerset tracery flanked by attached shafts and pinnacles, with quatrefoil grilles. There are similar single windows on the stage below. | |||
| Church of the Holy Cross | A !I | c. 1483 | Middlezoy 51°05′38″N 2°53′39″W / 51.0939°N 2.8942°W / 51.0939; -2.8942 (Church of the Holy Cross, Middlezoy) |
3-stage tower similar to that at Lyng. | |||
| Church of St. James | B !II* | c. 1491 | 111 feet (34 m) | Taunton 51°01′04″N 3°06′05″W / 51.0177°N 3.1013°W / 51.0177; -3.1013 (St James Church, Taunton) |
The oldest parts of St. James Church are early 14th Century and there are fragments of 15th Century glass in the West end. The sandstone tower was rebuilt in the 19th century.. The church backs onto the Somerset County Ground and forms a familiar backdrop to the popular Cricket ground. |
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