Church of St Mary | |
Location Town: | West Buckland |
Location Country: | England |
Completion Date: | 13th century |
Map Type: | Somerset |
Coordinates: | 50.9778°N -3.1789°W |
The Anglican Church of St Mary in West Buckland, Somerset, England has 13th-century origins and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The church was built, on the site of an earlier Norman structure, between 1275 and 1300. It consists of a two-bay aisled nave, chancel and north and south chapels. It has a hammerbeam roof.[1] The crenelated three-stage tower was built around 1509.[2] It is supported by diagonal buttresses. It includes six bells, the oldest of which is from 1606. They were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.[1] In 1838 a gallery was built for the choir and organ, but this was removed in 1891.
The interior includes a Purbeck marble font from 1140.[3]
The parish is part of the Wellington and District benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[4]