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Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Stogumber, Somerset

  • St Mary: church set in in the middle of the village in the vale between the Quantocks & Exmoor

  • St Mary: early c14 plain south-west tower; square turret leading to later Perpendicular upper stage

  • St Mary: nave having a variety of piers & capitals; southwest one of red sandstone

  • St Mary: chancel decorated in the style of William Morris

  • St Mary: Victorian reredos depicting the Ascension

  • St Mary: Flemish glass roundel in south aisle window

  • St Mary: octagonal late Perpendicular font; shields in quatrefoils

  • St Mary: c16 bench end depicting Trevelyan of Nettlecombe

  • St Mary: tomb to George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597, dividing the chancel from the Sydenham chapel

  • St Mary: tomb to George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597

  • St Mary: George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597

  • St Mary: one of the wives of George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597; probably Elizabeth (nee Hales)

  • St Mary: detail of capitals from the monument to George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597

  • St Mary: sculpture & heraldry at top of the tomb to George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597

  • St Mary: three babies & kneeling woman from the tomb to George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, d.1597

  • St Mary: memorial slab with incised heraldry to George Musgrave of Nettlecombe, d.1721, & wife Juliana Bere of Huntsham

  • St Mary: memorial slab to George Musgrave, probably referring to the same George, d.1721

  • St Mary: memorial to George Musgrave of Nettlecombe, d.1724, & wife Mary Clarke of Chipley

  • St Mary: memorial to George Musgrave of Nettlecombe, d.1742, & wife Katherine Chichester of Youlston

  • St Mary: arms from the memorial to George Musgrave, d.1742, & wife Katherine Chichester

  • St Mary: inscription from the memorial to George Musgrave of Nettlecombe, d.1742, & wife Katherine Chichester of Youlston with their son Thomas, d.1766

  • St Mary: memorial to Thomas Rich of Hartrow, d.1727, aged 24; erected 1731

  • St Mary: Margery Wyndham (nee Chamberlayne), d.1585

  • St Mary: Margery Wyndham (nee Chamberlayne), d.1585

  • St Mary: inscription from the brass to Margery Wyndham (nee Chamberlayne), d.1585

  • St Mary: one of two identical shields from the brass to Margery Wyndham (nee Chamberlain), d.1585

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 22 May 1969

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1057500

English Heritage Legacy ID: 264926

ID on this website: 101057500

Location: St Mary's Church, Stogumber, Somerset, TA4

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Stogumber

Built-Up Area: Stogumber

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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