Church of St Mary, Wedmore
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The Church of St Mary in Wedmore
, Somerset
, England is predominantly from the 15th century, although some 12th and 13th century work survives. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The tower, which was built around 1400, with its set-back buttresses, includes triple two-light bell chamber windows; those to the centre are louvred, those to each side blank.
There is a wall painting of St Christopher, that dates from the late 15th c or possibly early 16th. This is unusual as few late paintings survived the ravages of the two Cromwell's Oliver and Thomas. The painting also features ships and a mermaid at the feet of the saint, odd additions redolent of the sea rather than a river, which are unique to this otherwise common subject of church painting.
Wedmore
Wedmore is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River Axe and River Brue, often called the Isle of Wedmore. It forms part of Sedgemoor district...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England is predominantly from the 15th century, although some 12th and 13th century work survives. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The tower, which was built around 1400, with its set-back buttresses, includes triple two-light bell chamber windows; those to the centre are louvred, those to each side blank.
There is a wall painting of St Christopher, that dates from the late 15th c or possibly early 16th. This is unusual as few late paintings survived the ravages of the two Cromwell's Oliver and Thomas. The painting also features ships and a mermaid at the feet of the saint, odd additions redolent of the sea rather than a river, which are unique to this otherwise common subject of church painting.