Английская Википедия:Church of St Andrew, Compton Dundon
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The Anglican Church of St Andrew Compton Dundon, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
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.[2]
The parish is part of the benefice of Street with Walton and Compton Dundon within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[3]
Architecture
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.[2]
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,[4] assessed as being over 1700 years old.[2][5] The trunk of the tree is hollow and has a circumference of Шаблон:Convert.[6]
There is also an 18th-century chest tomb.[7]
See also
References
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