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The Church of the Holy Trinity in Long Sutton, 
The coloured timber
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
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An earlier church would have stood on this site from the 9th century or earlier. The current church, which was consecrated in 1493, was built of local lias
Lias may refer to:
Geology
* Lias Formation, a geologic formation in France
*Lias Group, a lithostratigraphic unit in western Europe
* Early Jurassic, an epoch
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* Godfrey Lias, British author
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stone cut and squared, with hamstone
Hamstone is the name given to a honey-coloured building stone from Ham Hill, Somerset, England. It is a well-cemented medium to coarse grained limestone characterised by marked bedding planes of clay inclusions and less well-cemented material w ...
dressings. It has stone slate roofs between stepped coped gabled with finial
A finial (from '' la, finis'', end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.
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s to the chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
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and north porch. The tower, which dates from around 1462, has a ring of six bells, the tenor weighing . On the corner plates of the tower are hunky punks in the shape of daemonic animals.
Internally, the chancel has a ceiled wagon-roof, with moulded ribs and plaster panels. The tower exhibits the tracery typical of Somerset churches. The under-tower space has a lierne vault
In Gothic architecture, a lierne is a tertiary rib connecting one rib to another, as opposed to connecting to a springer, or to the central boss. The resulting construction is called a lierne vault or stellar vault (named after the star shape ge ...
, and a 15th-century octagonal font
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with quatrefoil
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panels.
The coloured timber pulpit
A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...
, with a fly approach stair, dates from 1455 to 1458 and is older than the church itself. It has 20th-century wood figures in the statue niches. It bears the initials identified as those of Abbot John Petherton
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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of Althelney and vicar William Singleton.
The wood screen is also ornately carved and dates from the late 15th century. Memorials in the church include a tablet to Elizabeth Banbury, died 1716, with Corinthian columns and entablature
An entablature (; nativization of Italian , from "in" and "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals. Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture, and ...
, side and bottom swags, as well as a number of 16th- and 17th-century Keinton stone slabs in the floor.
See also
*List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
South Somerset is a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The South Somerset district occupies an area of , stretching from its borders with Devon and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The district has a populatio ...
* List of towers in Somerset
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* List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
The ecclesiastical parishes within the Diocese of Bath and Wells cover the majority of the ceremonial counties of England, English county of Somerset and small areas of Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The cathedra, episcopal seat ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Long Sutton, Holy Trinity Churches completed in 1493 15th-century church buildings in England Buildings and structures completed in 1462 Towers completed in the 15th century Church of England church buildings in South Somerset Grade I listed churches in Somerset Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset