The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Decuman (now)
Parish church
Watchet, a harbour town about 15 miles W of Bridgwater, lies at the mouth of the Washford River, where it flows into the Bristol Channel. Watchet is believed to be the place where St Decuman was killed. Geologically, the church on its eminence above the town and the valley of the Washford River rests on Triassic bedrock — Rhaetic shales/marls/limestones above Upper Marls. These formations give rise to a well very near to the NE of the church: no doubt an early focus of Christianity preceding the church itself. The church consists of a W tower, a nave with aisles, a chancel, two side chapels and a S porch. The Romanesque sculptural elements consist of several label stops to many of the windows.