Mendip Generation
Continues with the triple windows, but with a heavier groundplan featuring heavier buttresses braced diagonally back onto their walls and across the corner; pinnacles diagonal to the tower plan: (Shepton Mallet, about 1423; Cranmore, about 1440; Mells, 1446; Bruton, about 1456; and Leigh-on-Mendip, about 1464)
| Name of church | Photograph | Listed building grade | Year tower built | Height | Location | Description | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | A !I | c. 1456 | Bruton 51°06′42″N 2°27′07″W / 51.111667°N 2.451944°W / 51.111667; -2.451944 (Church of St Mary, Bruton) |
The Church of St Mary was built in the 14th century | |||
| Church of St Bartholomew | A !I | 15th century | Cranmore 51°11′18″N 2°28′34″W / 51.1882°N 2.4761°W / 51.1882; -2.4761 (Church of St Bartholomew, Cranmore) |
Dates from the 15th century. It has a three-stage embattled tower, supported by buttresses with corner pinnacles, tracery and gargoyles. There is a stone fan vault under the tower. | |||
| St Giles' church | A !I | c. 1464 | Leigh-on-Mendip 51°13′26″N 2°26′30″W / 51.2239°N 2.4416°W / 51.2239; -2.4416 (Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip) |
Dates from the 15th century and has an unusual faceless clock. | |||
| St Andrew's Church | A !I | 1446 | 104 feet (32 m) | Mells 51°14′31″N 2°23′26″W / 51.241928°N 2.390525°W / 51.241928; -2.390525 (Church of St Andrew, Mells) |
The church is predominantly from the late 15th century. The centre of the chapel is dominated by an equestrian statue to Edward Horner who fell at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 by Sir Alfred Munnings. There is also a memorial, designed by Edwin Lutyens, to Raymond Asquith, who died in France in 1916. The churchyard is the last resting place of the poet Siegfried Sassoon and the writer Ronald Knox, among other notables. | ||
| Church of St Peter and St Paul | A !I | c. 1423 | Shepton Mallet 51°11′28″N 2°32′45″W / 51.191°N 2.5457°W / 51.191; -2.5457 (Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shepton Mallet) |
Dates from the 12th century but the current building is largely from the 15th century, with further rebuilding in 1836. The timber roof includes 350 panels of different designs and 36 carved angels along the sides. |
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