| Church of St Mary | |
| Location: | Mudford, Somerset, England |
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| Built: | 14th century |
| Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated: | 19 April 1961[1] |
| Reference #: | 262693 |
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Location of Church of St Mary in Somerset
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The Church of St Mary in Mudford, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]
The church was granted by Montacute Priory to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1339.[2] The interior includes a Jacobean pulpit and a stone font from the 15th century.[3]
It has a 66 feet (20 m) high three-stage tower, which dates from around 1498,[4] divided by string courses with clasping corner buttresses, a battlemented parapet with small corner and intermediate pinnacles, and corner gargoyles. There is a stair turret on the north-east corner with a weathervane finial, and a clock face on the east side. It contains five bells dated 1582, 1621, 1623, 1664 and 1666, all by the Purdue family of nearby Closworth.[5] The tower was rebuilt in 1309 and again in the early 20th century following a lightning strike.[3]
The parish is part of the benefice of Chilton Cantelo, Ashington, Marston Magna, Mudford and Rimpton within the Yeovil deanery.[6]