ST THOMAS A BECKETT CHURCH

'St Thomas A Beckett Church' in Pensford, Somerset southwest England dates from the 14th century.
The church has been unused since flood damage from the River Chew in 1968.
The west tower and tierceron vault date from the 14th century. The west doorway with a two-centered arch, dates back to the 15th century, and the font which has quatrefoils and roses, is of similar age. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1869, by C.E. Giles of Taunton.^[1]
The pulpit is Jacobean of which every inch is carved with squares circles and leaves.^[2]
It is a Grade II
★ listed building^[3] and currently on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.^[4]

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References

1. The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, Pevsner, Nikolaus, , , Penguin Books, 1958, ISBN 0-300-09640-2
2. Local History
3. St Thomas A Beckett Church
4. St Thomas A Beckett Church

Bibliography

★ Chew Magna and the Chew Valley in old photographs, Durham, I. & M., , , Redcliffe Press, 1991, ISBN 1-872971-61-X

★ The Natural History of the Chew Valley, Janes, Rowland (ed), , , , 1987, ISBN 0-9545125-2-9

External links

★ Pensford Web Site

★ GENUKI:St Thomas à Becket's Church, Pensford

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