Church of St Mary & All Saints, Broomfield

Church of St Mary & All Saints
Stone building with prominent square tower.
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Broomfield
Country England
Coordinates 51°04′57″N 3°06′32″W / 51.0824°N 3.1088°W
Completed 16th century

The Church of St Mary & All Saints in Broomfield, Somerset, England was built in the 15th and 16th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The south chancel wall was built around 1320.[2] The north aisle is from 1535.[3][4] There is a stained glass window by the company of William Morris.[5]

The three-stage tower was built around 1440.[2] It includes a bell by George Purdue dating from 1606.[5]

The church contains the laboratory table of Andrew Crosse, of the nearby Fyne Court on which he carried out electrical experiments and an obelisk in his memory is in the churchyard.[1] Also inside the church is a 16th-century chest and 15th-century octoagonal font.[6]

The Anglican parish is part of the benefice of West Monkton with Kingston St Mary, Broomfield and Cheddon Fitzpaine within the archdeaconry of Taunton.[7]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Church of St. Mary and All Saints". Images of England. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Broomfield". Quantock Online. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Dunning, Robert (2007). Somerset Churches and Chapels: Building Repair and Restoration. Halsgrove. p. 44. ISBN 978-1841145921.
  4. ↑ "Broomfield St. Mary and All Saints". Dawson Heritage. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 R W Dunning, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, M C Siraut (1992). "Broomfield: Church". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "St Mary & All Saints, Broomfield, Somerset". Rough Wood. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "St Mary & All Saints, Broomfield". Church of England. Retrieved 21 October 2012.