The Church of St Andrew in Brympton,

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, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I

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St Andrews church, Brympton DEvercy - interior (geograph 3084619)

It is closely associated with the manor house of

Brympton d'Evercy Brympton d'Evercy (alternatively Brympton House), a grade I listed manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England, has been called the most beautiful in England. In 1927 the British magazine '' Country Life'' devoted three articles ...

. The d'Evercy family were responsible for building the church. Thomas d'Evercy purchased the estate in 1220. Sir Peter founded a

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at Brympton d'Evercy in 1306, endowing a priest with a

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and in the

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. New aisles were added in 1469. It has been suggested that this is the building today known as the priest house, but no structural evidence exists to support this claim. The church contains monuments to Sir John Sydenham (died 1626) and his family who were lords of the manor. Some of the effigies within the church were originally in the churchyard but were moved into the church in the 19th century and restored by John Edward Carew. The parish is within the benefice of Odcombe with Brympton, Lufton and Montacute, which is within the deanery of

Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brympton, Saint Andrew's Church 13th-century church buildings in England Church of England church buildings in South Somerset Grade I listed churches in Somerset Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset

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