Church of St Mary, Yatton
| Church of St Mary | |
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 View from the south-west |
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| Town or city | Yatton |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°23′06″N 2°49′07″W / 51.3850°N 2.8185°W |
| Completed | 14th century |
The Church of St Mary in central Yatton, Somerset, England, is often called the 'Cathedral of the Moors' due to its size and grandeur in relation to the village.[1] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[2]
While the current church was constructed in the 14th century, it is likely that a previous Christian church was located on the same site.
The tower, which was built around 1400,[3] has three stages with diagonal weathered buttresses with crocketed pinnacles. There is a south-east hexagonal stair turret rising above the parapet with panelled sides to the top, and an open cusped parapet.[2] Unusually for Somerset a Dundry stone steeple was built in 1455-56, of stone. In 1595 freemasons were engaged to take down the spire and reduce it to its present dimensions. The tower was damaged by fire in 1991.[4]
See also
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- ^ "St. Mary the Virgin, Yatton". Yatton Moor Team Ministry. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ a b "Church of St Mary". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ^ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
- ^ "History of Yatton and its Ancient Parish Church". Yatton Moor Team Ministry. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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