Church of St Andrew | |
Coordinates: | 51.0897°N -2.7447°W |
Location: | Compton Dundon, Somerset, England |
Built: | 11th century |
Designation1: | Grade II* listed building |
Designation1 Offname: | Church of St Andrew |
Designation1 Date: | 17 April 1959 |
Designation1 Number: | 1176782 |
The Anglican Church of St Andrew Compton Dundon, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The chancel of the church was built in the 14th century with the rest being added in the 15th.[1] Restoration was carried out around 1900.
The parish is part of the benefice of Street with Walton and Compton Dundon within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[2]
The stone building has hamstone dressings and clay tile roofs. It consists of a four-bay nave and two-bay chancel with and south porch and north east vestry. The three-stage west tower is supported by corner buttresses.[1] The bells in the tower were rehung in 1936.
The interior includes a 14th-century piscina and an octagonal timber pulpit dating from 1628. There are two chests one from the 14th and the other 16th century.[1]
In the churchyard is an ancient yew tree,[3] assessed as being over 1700 years old.[4] [5] The trunk of the tree is hollow and has a circumference of .[6]
There is also an 18th-century chest tomb.[7]