The Church of St Michael in
Buckland Dinham
Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. The village has a population of 381. The village's main industry is farming (arable and dairy), but the village is also a dormitory village for the nearby cities of Bath and ...
, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I
listed building
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.
The church has a
nave
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,
chancel
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Ove ...
, south chapel and south porch which date from around 1200. The north chapel was added in 1325, and a further chapel to the north of the chancel and the west tower being added in 1480. It underwent restoration in the late 19th century.
The tower contains six bells which were not rung between the 1950s and 1990s when a restoration project was undertaken including the addition of a bell from
St Paul's Church, Bristol
St Paul's Church gives its name to the surrounding St Paul's area of Bristol. It was built in the 1790s but fell into disuse and disrepair by its closure in 1988. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade&n ...
.
The Anglican parish is part of the
Mells with Buckland Dinham,
Elm
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,
Whatley and Chantry benefice within the archdeaconry of
Wells
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* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
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* Wells ...
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See also
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List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
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List of towers in Somerset
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References
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13th-century church buildings in England
Churches completed in 1325
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1480
15th-century church buildings in England
Grade I listed churches in Somerset
Church of England church buildings in Mendip District
Grade I listed buildings in Mendip District