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St Michael, Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire

Location
(51°2′12″N, 1°50′50″W)
Coombe Bissett
SU 108 264
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Salisbury
  • Allan Brodie
28 Jul 1995

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Description

The S nave arcade dates from the late 12thc., though the E bay of the arcade was altered, probably in the 15thc. The N nave arcade is Perpendicular, as is the N transept, and the nave has a Perpendicular clerestory. The chancel dates from the 13thc., and the tower from the 14thc and 15thc.

History

In Domesday Book, the king holds Coombe Bissett. Gytha held it TRE. 'Leofric the priest holds the church of this manor with half a hide of land, and it is worth 20s.'

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Interior Features

Arcades

Nave

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The church was restored 1844-1845 by T.H. Wyatt.

Bibliography

Royal Commission of Historic Monuments of England, Churches of South-East Wiltshire, London, 1987, 126-27.

Historic England listed building 1023802. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023802 accessed 14 April 2016.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire, Harmondsworth, 1975 (repr. 1985), 190-91.