Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nettlecombe

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Church of St Mary the Virgin
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nettlecombe is located in Somerset
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nettlecombe
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityNettlecombe
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°07′44″N 3°21′06″W / 51.1289°N 3.3518°W / 51.1289; -3.3518
Completed14th century

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The church which lies within the grounds of Nettlecombe Court,[2] which was built as a large country manor house, becoming a girls' boarding school in the early 1960s and since 1967 has been the Leonard Wills Field Centre run by the Field Studies Council. The house is surrounded by Nettlecombe Park, a 90.4 hectares (223 acres) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The house and park are set in a secluded valley on the northern fringes of the Brendon Hills, within the Exmoor National Park.

Although there was a previous church in the village the current red sandstone building was dedicated in 1440. The chancel includes a north chapel and south organ chamber. The nave has a clerestory with north and south aisles, north porch, and west tower. Restoration work was carried out around 1820 by Richard Carver, with further work undertaken between 1858 and 1870 by .[3]

Within the church is a seven sided font with the sacraments of the church and Christ in Glory carved into each of the faces.[4]

The parish is within the Quantock Towers benefice which is part of the Quantock deanery.[5]

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  1. ^ "Church of St Mary the Virgin". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Nettlecombe". Nettlecombe Parish Council. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. ^ R.W. Dunning (editor), A.P. Baggs, R.J.E. Bush, M.C. Siraut (1985). "Parishes: Nettlecombe". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 30 October 2011.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Dunning, Robert (2007). Somerset Churches and Chapels: Building Repair and Restoration. Halsgrove. p. 41. ISBN 978-1841145921.
  5. ^ "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Nettlecombe". Church of England. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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