Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon

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Church of St Mary the Virgin
Yellow stone building with square tower.
LocationNorton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England
Coordinates50°56′24″N 2°45′13″W / 50.94000°N 2.75361°W / 50.94000; -2.75361Coordinates: 50°56′24″N 2°45′13″W / 50.94000°N 2.75361°W / 50.94000; -2.75361
Built16th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated19 April 1961[1]
Reference no.437126
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon is located in Somerset
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon
Location of Church of St Mary the Virgin in Somerset

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England has 13th-century origins but was rebuilt around 1510. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Restoration was undertaken by Henry Wilson in 1894 and again in 1904.

The five-stage tower, dating from around 1485,[2] which rises 98.5 feet (30 m) was damaged by lightning and fire on 29 July 1894, but restored within a year preserving the original design.[3] It has a double plinth, offset corner buttresses, dividing strings, battlemented parapet with pairs of corner pinnacles extended from buttresses, and central paired pinnacles corbelled off gargoyles.[1]

The dovecote in the churchyard dates from the 17th century,[4] and was associated with a manor house which was demolished around 1850.[5]

Former leader of the Liberal Democrats and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown is buried in the church's cemetery.[6]

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  1. ^ a b c "Church of St. Mary the Virgin". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Church Guide". Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  4. ^ "Dovecote in churchyard, about 15 metres south-west of church, Church of St. Mary the Virgin". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  5. ^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. pp. 159. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
  6. ^ "Paddy Ashdown's funeral held in Somerset". BBC News. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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