Winford Generation
These churches are contemporary with the Mendip Generation, but more akin to the Churchill group; conveying a sense of great height; single window per face in the top stage as well as lower stages; buttresses set back away from the corners and stepped at stage junctions and middles of stages; square-set pinnacles and most without merlons: (Portishead, about 1420; Backwell, possibly 1428; Winford and Chew Magna, about 1437; Kilmersdon, about 1443; Dundry, 1448 or earlier; Batheaston, about 1458; Publow, about 1467; Wellow, about 1475; and Yeovil St. John the Baptist, around 1480)
| Name of church | Photograph | Listed building grade | Year tower built | Height | Location | Description | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew, Chew Magna | A !I | c. 1440 | 100 feet (30 m) | Chew Magna 51°22′00″N 2°36′35″W / 51.366667°N 2.609722°W / 51.366667; -2.609722 (Church of St Andrew, Chew Magna) |
Dates from the 12th century with a large 15th-century pinnacled sandstone tower, a Norman font and a rood screen that is the full width of the church. There has been a clock on the tower since the early 1700s. There is a peal of eight bells in the tower. Tenor 28cwt in C. The original five bells were re-cast by the celebrated Thomas Bilbie of Chew Stoke in 1735 to make a peal of six, and in 1898 four of these were re-cast and two were repaired by Messrs. Mears and Stainbank of London to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Two additional bells, the gift of Brigadier Ommanney, were added in 1928 to complete the octave, which does still contain two of the Bilbie bells. The present clock, installed in 1903, plays a verse of a hymn every four hours, at 8 am, noon, 4 and 8 pm, with a different hymn tune for every day of the week. | ||
| Church of St Michael | A !I | c. 1448 | Dundry 51°23′56″N 2°38′14″W / 51.399°N 2.6373°W / 51.399; -2.6373 (Church of St Michael, Dundry) |
A prominent feature in its hilltop position with its tower visible for many miles around. The tower was erected by the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol as a landmark and is visible from many parts of Avon. | |||
| Church of All Saints | A !I | c. 1467 | Publow 51°22′34″N 2°32′32″W / 51.376111°N 2.542222°W / 51.376111; -2.542222 (Church of All Saints, Publow) |
Dates from the 14th century and has a tower with gargoyles. The pulpit is Jacobean. The church consists of a west tower, nave, north aisle and porch, south aisle and porch, and chancel. The west tower has 4 stages with set back buttresses terminating in diagonally set pinnacles at the bell chamber stage. The nave has a clerestorey of four 2-light trefoil headed windows. The east end of the chancel has an early perpendicular (restored) 3-light window with reticulated tracery. The pulpit dates from the early 17th century, and is made of oak with carved, arcaded panels to the upper part and rosettes on the lower part. | |||
| Church St Peter and St Paul | A !I | c. 1443 | Kilmersdon 51°16′13″N 2°26′13″W / 51.2702°N 2.437°W / 51.2702; -2.437 (Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon) |
Dates back to the Norman Period, though much of the current structure was built during the Victorian era. The tower is in four stages, includes corner buttresses with shafts and pinnacles, and is connected across the angle. The summit has large corner shafts with pinnacles. There are traceried 3-light bell-chamber windows with a dense quatrefoil interlace and blank 2-light windows on the 2 lower stages. The flanked niches were for statuary, however this is now missing. The church has a triangular lychgate designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. | |||
| Church of St Julian | A !I | c. 1475 | Wellow 51°19′28″N 2°22′21″W / 51.324444°N 2.3725°W / 51.324444; -2.3725 (Church of St Julian, Wellow) |
The church is dedicated to St. Julian and has origins before the 12th century although the present building dates from 1372. The west tower has three stages, set back buttresses with off-sets which turn into diagonal pinnacles in upper stages. There is an embattled parapet with pinnacles. The square stair turret on the south-east corner terminates as an octagon. There is a 3-light window to the bell chamber with cusped heads and a similar but larger window with transom to west. | |||
| Church of St John The Baptist | A !I | c. 1480 | 92 feet (28 m) | Yeovil 50°56′30″N 2°37′53″W / 50.941667°N 2.631389°W / 50.941667; -2.631389 (Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil) |
Dates from the late 14th century. The tower is in 4-stages with set back offset corner buttresses. It is capped by openwork balustrading matching the parapets which are from the 19th century. There are two-light late 14th century windows on all sides at bell-ringing and bell-chamber levels, the latter having fine pierced stonework grilles. There is a stair turret to the north-west corner, with a Weather vane termination. The tower contains two bells dating from 1728 and made by Thomas Bilbie. The "Great Bell" was recast from 4,502 pounds (2,042 kg; 321.6 st) to 4,992 lb (2,264 kg; 356.6 st). | ||
| St John the Baptist with St Catherine | B !II* | c. 1458 | Batheaston 51°24′23″N 2°18′40″W / 51.4065°N 2.3112°W / 51.4065; -2.3112 (St John the Baptist with St Catherine, Batheaston) |
Built in the 12th century, and remodelled in the late 15th century. The west tower which has four stages with a pierced embattled parapet, setback buttresses, projecting octagonal stairs, and a turret at the south-east corner which terminates in spirelet, was rebuilt in 1834 by John Pinch the younger of Bath. It has pointed perpendicular 2-light windows with cusped heads and the east side has a canopied niche containing a figure, probably St. John. | |||
| Church of St. Mary and St. Peter | B !II* | c. 1437 | Winford 51°22′57″N 2°39′29″W / 51.3825°N 2.658056°W / 51.3825; -2.658056 (Church of St Mary and St Peter, Winford) |
Dates from the 15th Century. The 4-stage west tower has set back buttresses, moulded string courses and the north-east corner has a polygonal stair turret. Trefoil-headed open panel parapet with corner crocketted pinnacles and fine gargoyles. Top 3 stages have 2-light openings with hoodmoulds and lozenge stops, those below bell stage blind, those to bell stage louvred. 1st stage of west facade has deeply moulded pointed-arched doorway with 2-leaf doors and applied Gothick mouldings; light with intersecting tracery above. Above this a 3-light Gothick window. |
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