The Anglican Church of St Nicholas in
Dinnington,
Somerset
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, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II*
listed building
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.
History
A church was established in the village by 1207. The current building is mostly from the 15th century with
restoration in 1863,
which include the removal of a gallery.
It was originally a chapelry to
Seavington St Mary
Seavington St Mary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated next to the village of Seavington St Michael, about east of Ilminster and had a population of 384 inhabitants at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census.
...
.
The parish is part of the
benefice
A benefice () or living is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The Roman Empire used the Latin term as a benefit to an individual from the Empire for services rendered. Its use was adopted by ...
of
Merriott with
Hinton, Dinnington and
Lopen
Lopen is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 260 people.
History
The name of the village means ''Lufa's pen or fold''.
A Roman mosaic, probably from a Roman villa, was found ...
within the
Diocese of Bath and Wells
The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the ...
.
Architecture
The
hamstone
Hamstone is 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 which weather dif ...
building has slate roofs with a small
bell turret.
It has a two-
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...
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 ...
and three-bay
nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
.
The interiors fittings are mostly 19th century but there is a 13th-century recut decorated stone
font
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For instance, the typeface Bauer Bodoni (shown in the figure) includes fonts " Roman" (or "regul ...
.
See also
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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