The Church of St Mary in central

Yatton Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2011 was 7,552. The parish includes Clav ...

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, England, is often called the Cathedral of the Moors due to its size and grandeur in relation to the village. It has been designated by

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as a Grade I

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. While the current church was constructed in the 14th century, it is likely that a previous church was located on the same site. The chapel which was added in 1496, and various other alterations and expansions of the church can be seen in the account which have survived since 1445. The central tower, which was built around 1400, has three stages with diagonal weathered

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es with

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s. There is a south-east hexagonal stair

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rising above the parapet with panelled sides to the top, and an open cusped parapet. Unusually for Somerset a

Dundry Dundry is a village and civil parish, situated on Dundry Hill in the northern part of the Mendip Hills, between Bristol and the Chew Valley Lake, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlets of Maiden Head and East Dun ...

stone steeple was built in 1455–1456. In 1595 freemasons were engaged to take down the spire and reduce it to its present dimensions. There is a ring of bells within the tower. The tower was damaged by fire in 1991, resulting in the fourth bell having to be recast. The 15th century Old Rectory is also a Grade I listed building.

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