Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westonzoyland
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westonzoyland
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westonzoyland
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Main Road, Westonzoyland, Bridgwater, March 2016
St Mary: Perpendicular church in the Somerset Levels rebuilt c.1500 for Abbot Bere of Glastonbury
St Mary: clerestoried nave with embattled aisle, porch & transept; earlier chancel with two-light Decorated window
St Mary: four-stage tower of Quantock type rising to just over 100 ft
St Mary: west side of tower from the position of the Sedgemoor Inn
St Mary: upper stages of tower; middle bell opening with pierced baffles; pinnacles & battlements with quatrefoils, canopied niches
St Mary: nave with Perpendicular piers of four-hollow section with round capitals to the shafts
St Mary: nave looking west; battle of Sedgemoor exhibition is on the left
St Mary: late medieval fan vaulting under the tower bell platform
St Mary: nave roof with large tie beams on arched braces resting on angel busts
St Mary: detail of nave roof showing pierced cresting, decorative bosses & broad winged angels
St Mary: rood screen, 1935-6; three tall bays tracery, carved transoms & fan vaulting
St Mary: restored traceried inner door
St Mary: some glass panels in the west window
St Mary: effigy of a priest, c.1300
St Mary: memorial slab dated 1627 with indents of c16 brasses