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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Ilminster, Somerset

  • Walrond monument.

  • Walrond shield, Ilminster St.Mary's Church.

  • Walrond shield on monument.

  • Walrond branch of Scotland

  • Walrond shield (top row 5 quarterings))

  • St Mary: all Perpendicular with pinnacled crossing tower; three, two-light bell openings with Somerset tracery; three-light chancel windows

  • St Mary: embattled sides; ogee gable over south porch doorway; gabled transept

  • St Mary: nave looking east; four hollow piers; arches widened in 1825

  • St Mary: tall, panelled crossing with fan vault

  • St Mary: detail of fan vault at crossing

  • St Mary: chancel looking towards east window

  • St Mary: north chapel by William Wadham, d.1452; transomed windows

  • St Mary: tomb of William Wadham, d.1452; nodding ogees, thick leaf frieze

  • St Mary: Sir William Wadham & mother Joan, eng. c.1440

  • St Mary: William Wadham, eng. c.1440; globular basinet, trefoils over brow

  • St Mary: Joan (Wrottesley), eng. c.1440, mother of William Wadham; cap, wimple & barbe

  • St Mary: tomb of Nicholas Wadham of Merefield, d.1609

  • St Mary: Nicholas Wadham of Merefield, d.1609; founder of Wadham College, Oxford

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Ilminster

  • A slightly different angle.

  • An interior shot.

  • Another interior shot.

  • Another interior shot.

  • Another interior shot.

  • Roll of Honour

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Ilminster, Somerset

  • Parish Church of St Mary, Ilminster, Somerset

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 23 September 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208692

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383479

ID on this website: 101208692

Location: St Mary's Church, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Ilminster

Built-Up Area: Ilminster

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Ilminster

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

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