Church of St Michael | |
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Location | Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 50°57′01″N 2°50′57″W / 50.95028°N 2.84917°W |
Built | 13th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 4 February 1958 [1] |
Reference no. | 428473 |
The Church of St Michael in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England is built of local hamstone, and has 13th-century origins, although it has been extensively changed since then, with major renovation in 1865 by George Edmund Street. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]
The building is of lias and Ham stone and is made up of a chancel with a north chapel and a vestry, a nave and tall three-stage west tower, [2] dating from 1477, [3] which was largely rebuilt in the 16th century. [2] It has set-back buttresses ascending to the shafts of former pinnacles, set off with an embattled parapet and gargoyles. There are two-light traceried bell-chamber windows with stone grilles, continuing as blank openings on the ringing chamber below. There are clocks with Roman numerals to the west and south faces and a higher polygonal stair-turret to the north corner. [1] The tower holds eight bells several of which date back to 1738 and were made by the Bilbie family. [2]
The former rectory, now called Beauchamp Manor, was built in 1874 for the rector V.S.S. Coles to house his curates and visitors. [4] [5]
The parish is part of the Winsmoor benefice within the Crewkerne and Ilminster deanery. [6]
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