The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Rodhuish,

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, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II*

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History

The church was built as a

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in the 15th century. It has been revised and reroofed in the 16th, 18th and 20th centuries. The parish of

Withycombe Withycombe is a village, civil parish, and former manor south east of Dunster, and from Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Rodhuish. The ...

with Rodhuish is part of the

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Dunster Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel southeast of Minehead and northwest of Taunton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...

Carhampton Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865 (2011 census). History Iron Age occup ...

with Roduish,

Timberscombe Timberscombe is a village and civil parish on the River Avill south-west of Dunster, and south of Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bickham. History The parish was part of the hu ...

and

Wootton Courtenay Wootton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on Exmoor in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Brockwell and Huntscott. The village lies on the route of the Macmillan Way West and the ...

within the

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Architecture

The stone building has a slate roof and consists of a

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and small single stage west bell tower. The interior has carved chairs depicting biblical scenes which were made in the late 16th or early 17th century and a wooden

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. The circular

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References

{{reflist Grade II* listed buildings in West Somerset Grade II* listed churches in Somerset