Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm

Church of St Mary Magdalene
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Great Elm
Country England
Coordinates 51°14′32″N 2°21′48″W / 51.2422°N 2.3632°W / 51.2422; -2.3632
Completed 12th century

The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.[1][2]

In the 13th century the two-bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240. The chancel was widened around the same period.[3] Some of the Romanesque fabric of the original Norman building can be seen despite the remodelling in the early 17th century.[4] The walls show herringbone pattern masonry.[3] The three-stage tower has corner buttresses and a saddleback roof.[2]

There is a Jacobean west gallery which was used by the choir and organ.[3] Some of the oak pews are also Jacobean and there is a 17th-century pulpit.[2]

The parish is part of the benefice of Mells with Buckland Dinham, Elm, Whatley and Chantry within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Mary Magdalene". Images of England. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Church of St Mary Magdalene". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Description of the church". Great Elm Community Website. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Great Elm St Mary Magdalene". Dawson Heritage. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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