St Andrew, Puckington, Somerset

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Location
(50°57′38″N, 2°53′18″W)
Site Location
Puckington
National Grid Reference
ST377 183
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Somerset now Somerset
Diocese
medieval Wells now Bath & Wells
Dedication
medieval St Andrew now St Andrew
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Robin Downes
Photographers
  • Robin Downes
Visit Date
14 April 2005

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Description

The village of Puckington, Somerset is situated 10 miles SE of Taunton and 10 miles W of Yeovil. The church, which is built of rubble, is mostly of the 13thc and 15th with later work. It consists of a W tower, nave, large mid-19thc transept, chancel, S porch and vestry. The font is Romanesque.

History

Before the Conquest the manor was held by Muchelney Abbey but after 1066 it was taken over by Roger de Courcelles. It was subsequently held by a succession of families until the execution of the Duke of Suffolk in 1553 when it reverted to the Crown (Bush, 1985).

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The principal source of stone is apparently the local quarry of Moolham just S of Ilminster.

The church is one of many which preserves a Romanesque font in a later medieval building, which suggests that it was probably retained intentionally.

Bibliography
  1. F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications (London, 1899), III, 230.

R. Bush, Somerset: the complete guide (Wimborne, 1985), 171.

Historic England listing 1057727

  1. N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset (Harmondsworth, 1958), 279.