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Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Yatton, North Somerset

  • St Mary: externally mostly Perpendicular; lower parts of tower, c.1220, with lancet windows, upper part with truncated spire, c.1445; churchyard cross on right, c.1525

  • St Mary: south porch, c.1455, probably built by John Newton & his wife Isabel Cheddar; ogee arched panelling

  • St Mary: c15 Perpendicular nave with slim multi-shafted piers; c13 double lancet window above; interior restored 1870 by Street

  • St Mary: medieval heraldic glass in upper part of south window

  • St Mary: unknown lady c.1340; presumed to be Egelina de Wyke who married Robert de Gyene; kirtle with tight fitting sleeves, cote-hardie, mantle

  • St Mary: unknown lady c.1340; presumed to be Egelina de Wyke; barbe & two kerchiefs

  • St Mary: alabaster monument to Richard Newton, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, d.1449; erected c.1475; ogee niches with angels carrying shields

  • St Mary: Richard Newton, d.1449, & wife Emmota; effigies with some original colouring

  • St Mary: Richard Newton, d.1449, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, d.1449

  • St Mary: Emmota, d.1475, second wife of Richard Newton, Chief Justice

  • St Mary: Emmota, d.1475, second wife of Richard Newton, Chief Justice

  • St Mary: monument to John Newton of Cradock, d.1488, & wide Isabel Cheddar; broad buttresses & pinnacles, Tudor arch, open cusps & tracery in spandrels

  • St Mary: John Newton of Cradock, d.1488; Lancastrian SS collar

  • St Mary: Isabel Cheddar, d.1498, wife of John Newton of Cradock

  • St Mary: relief showing the Annunciation from the monument to John Newton, d.1488

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 11 October 1961

Last Amended: 20 January 1986

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1137349

English Heritage Legacy ID: 33810

ID on this website: 101137349

Location: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Yatton, North Somerset, BS49

County: North Somerset

Civil Parish: Yatton

Built-Up Area: Yatton

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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