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Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey

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and red sandstone bands to the nave. It has a tiled roof above the chancel, while the nave and north porch have a slate roof. The church was altered in the 17th century, and in the 19th it underwent a
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from the early 20th century. There are life-sized representations of St Nicholas and St Mary on either side of the altar. Also in the chancel are paintings of the miraculous
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is from the 14th century. The organ was installed in the 1930s and electrified when electricity was brought into the church in 1965. Above the entrance door is a
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and has a stair turret in the northeast corner. It has six bells which are regularly rung for services. Five of the bells are from the local foundry of the
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was added in the 14th century. The three-stage tower, which was added in the 14th or early 15th century, is supported by diagonal
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Bilbie and the Chew Valley clockmakers  : the story of the renowned family of Somerset bellfounder-clockmakers /Clockmakers
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at the eastern end, which now contains the altar and has a small priest's door, above which is a small carved figure. The
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is pictured over the chancel arch with an equal number of angels of light and darkness.
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Location of Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Somerset
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and other sculptors, commemorating the Jones and Sandford families. The
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There may have been a wooden church on the site at the time of the
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Church of England church buildings in Bath and North East Somerset
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that included replacement of part of the roof and removal of the
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is of 1235. The oldest part of the current stone church is the
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There are also wall monuments from the mid-18th century by
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Grade II listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset
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and a gallery. Inside the church are wall paintings by
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Stowey
Somerset
51°19′57″N 2°34′36″W / 51.33250°N 2.57667°W / 51.33250; -2.57667
Listed Building
Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey is located in Somerset
Stowey
Somerset
listed building
Domesday book
cartulary
chancel
nave
buttresses
Bilbie family
Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Last Judgement
Henry Strachey
Stowey House
lias
Victorian restoration
double-decker pulpit
Henry Strachey
Feeding the multitude
road to Emmaus
Last Judgment
Thomas Paty
font
funerary hatchment

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