The Anglican Church of St George in

Sampford Brett Sampford Brett is a village and civil parish situated at the south-western edge of the Quantock Hills, Somerset, England, less than south of Williton, just off the A358 road to Taunton. Geography It lies in a shallow valley cut by the Sampford ...

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, England was built around 1300. It is a Grade II*

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History

The parish Church of St George was built around 1300, and dedicated in 1306. The north transept and tower were added in the late 14th or early 15th centuries. In the 1830s and 1840s the

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...

vestry A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colony, English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local government in many places and spen ...

and west end of the

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were rebuilt. The west porch and organ chamber were restored between 1960 and 1962 following damage during

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. The west windows were rebuilt in 1967. The parish is part of Quantock Towers

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within the

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Architecture

The stone building has slate roofs. The two-stage tower has exposed

quoin Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. According to one 19th-century encyclopedia, ...

s. The walls and gates around the church were added in the mid 19th century. In the churchyard is celtic style cross which was erected in 1919 and serves as the war memorial for the village.

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

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