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Church of St Andrew and St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Pitminster, Somerset

  • Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster

  • Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster

  • Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster

  • Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster

  • St Mary & St Andrew: originally c13 church with c15 expansion; much renewed c.1870

  • St Mary & St Andrew: restored Perpendicular aisle & chancel chapel

  • St Mary & St Andrew: plain, square west tower of c.1300 buttressed by lean-to chambers; c14 octagonal bell stage with lead covered spire

  • St Mary & St Andrew: largely Victorian interior though the south arches are c14

  • St Mary & St Andrew: monument to Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange, d.1570; now in the north-west chapel

  • St Mary & St Andrew: effigy of Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange, d.1570; in black civilian dress

  • St Mary & St Andrew: monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608, & wife Anne Thynne; alabaster tomb chest with six children; repainted 1930s

  • St Mary & St Andrew: effigies of John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608, & wife Anne Thynne

  • St Mary & St Andrew: John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608, in armour

  • St Mary & St Andrew: Anne Thynne of Longleat, wife of John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608; side view showing her husband in the background

  • St Mary & St Andrew: three sons kneeling on cushions from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608

  • St Mary & St Andrew: three daughters kneeling on cushions from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608

  • St Mary & St Andrew: main inscription from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1608

  • St Mary & St Andrew: monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627, & wife Elizabeth Wyndham, d.1634; alabaster tomb chest with four children & two babies

  • St Mary & St Andrew: St Mary & St Andrew: effigies of John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627, & wife Elizabeth Wyndham; baby at feet

  • St Mary & St Andrew: John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627, in armour

  • St Mary & St Andrew: Elizabeth Wyndham of Wiveliscombe, d.1634, wife of John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627

  • St Mary & St Andrew: daughters (Elizabeth, Margaret, Anne & Dorothy) from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627

  • St Mary & St Andrew: inscription from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627

  • St Mary & St Andrew: inscription from the monument to John Colles of Barton Grange, d.1627

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Entry Name: Church of St Andrew and St Mary

Listing Date: 25 February 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1344587

English Heritage Legacy ID: 271062

ID on this website: 101344587

Location: St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Pitminster, Somerset, TA3

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Pitminster

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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