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St Saviour's Church, Puxton
The Church of The Holy Saviour in Puxton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was vested in the Trust on 1 August 2002. It is a small, mostly unaltered medieval church, which was originally a chapel of ease to the Church of St Andrew in Banwell. It was consecrated in 1539. The leaning tower started to settle towards the southwest while being built, due to the peaty foundations which the church was built upon. This meant that the 15th century tower was never built as high as was intended. The church is externally Perpendicular in style, with an earlier Saxo-Norman nave. The interior of the church is very light with a floor of irregular stone flags into which several ledger stones are set. The oak box pews on the north side of the nave are probably early 18th century, and the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puxton
Puxton is a village and civil parish, north west of Axbridge in the unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of North Somerset within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The civil parish includes the isolated hamlet (place), hamlets of East Hewish and West Hewish. History The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred (county subdivision), Hundred. Puxton was part of the manor of Banwell held by the Bishop of Bath and Wells until the reign of Henry VI of England, Henry VI when it passed to the St Loe Family, St Loe or De Sancto Laudo Family, De Sancto Laudo family who held it for over 100 years. Puxton Park, a family attraction with small animals, a falconry centre and farm shop, opened in 2007. The park gained some notability when it was revealed that they will not allow any single people to visit under the assumption that they are all paedophiles. Governance The Parish councils of England, parish council has responsibility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
