The Anglican Church of St David in
Barton St David
Barton St David is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Brue adjacent to Keinton Mandeville at the foot of Combe Hill in Somerset, England. It is situated south-east of Glastonbury and north-east of Somerton, Somer ...
,
Somerset, England, was built in the 12th to 15th centuries. It is a Grade II*
listed building.
History
The church was built between the 12th and 15th centuries. It underwent a
Victorian restoration in the 19th century.
The parish is part of the Wheathill
benefice
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, within the
Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Architecture
The stone building has
Doulting stone
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At present there are only three quarries quarrying Doulting stone. The largest, The Doulting Stone Quarry, was producing building stone in Rom ...
dressings and a tiled roof. It consists of a two-
bay
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chancel and three-bay
nave with one-bay
transepts. The three-stage octagonal north-west tower was added in the 15th century.
The
Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
north doorway is of
hamstone.
The interior fittings are mostly 18th or 19th century but there is a 13th-century stone
font
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In mod ...
.
Within the church is a roll of honour and memorial to men from the village who fought in
World War I.
See also
*
List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in South Somerset
Grade II* listed churches in Somerset
Church of England church buildings in South Somerset