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Parish Church of St Decuman

A Grade I Listed Building in Watchet, Somerset

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  • Parish Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • Parish Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • Parish Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • Parish Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • Parish Church of St Decuman, Watchet

  • St Decuman: church set out of town, mostly mid c15 Perpendicular

  • St Decuman: battlemented west tower of purple-grey sandstone

  • St Decuman: transomed three-light bell openings on south wall of tower

  • St Decuman: Perpendicular nave looking towards c13 chancel; wagon roofs; restored c16 screen

  • St Decuman: carved angels between foliage & bosses from nave wagon roof

  • St Decuman: angel from nave roof

  • St Decuman: one of four statuettes to Latin Doctors on north-west nave pier

  • St Decuman: c13 heraldic tiles similar to those at nearby Cleeve Abbey

  • St Decuman: brasses on tomb chest to John Wyndham of Felbrigg (the elder), d.1574, & wife Elizabeth Sydenham of Orchard, d.1571

  • St Decuman: John Wyndham of Felbrigg (the younger), d.1572, collar over steel gorget

  • St Decuman: Florence Wadham of Merifield & Branscombe, d.1596, wife of John Wyndham (the younger); French hood & ruff

  • St Decuman: crest from the monument to the younger John Wyndham, d.1572

  • St Decuman: shield from the monument to the younger John Wyndham, d.1572; Wyndham arms

  • St Decuman: shield from the monument to the younger John Wyndham, d.1572; Wadham arms

  • St Decuman: Edmund Wyndham of Kinsford, d.1616; similar armour to brother John

  • St Decuman: inscription from the brass to Edmund Wyndham of Kinsford, d.1616

  • St Decuman: shield from the brass to Edmund Wyndham of Kinsford, d.1616

  • St Decuman: alabaster wall monument to Henry (d.1613) & George Wyndham (d.1624); frame with broken pediment

  • St Decuman: Henry Wyndham, d.1613

  • St Decuman: George Wyndham, d.1624

  • St Decuman: inscription from the monument to Henry & George Wyndham, 1624

  • St Decuman: monument with portrait busts to John Wyndham, d. 1645, & wife Joanna Portman of Orchard, d.1633

  • St Decuman: detail of monument with portrait busts to John Wyndham, d.1645, & wife Joanna Portman of Orchard

  • Parish Church of St Decuman

  • Parish Church of St Decuman

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Decuman

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1057662

English Heritage Legacy ID: 264603

ID on this website: 101057662

Location: St Decuman's Church, St Decumans, Somerset, TA23

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Watchet

Built-Up Area: Watchet

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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