Church of St Mary, Luccombe
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The parish Church of St Mary in Luccombe
, Somerset
, England has a chancel
dating from about 1300, with the nave and tower being added around 1450. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
It was built by John Maris of Stogursey
.
In l530 the aisle was added, and in 1752-1756 a gallery added which was removed in 1840 when the church was further restored
and the vestry added.
Luccombe, Somerset
Luccombe is a village and civil parish in the Exmoor National Park in the English county of Somerset. It at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead. Administratively it forms part of the district of West...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England has a chancel
Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
dating from about 1300, with the nave and tower being added around 1450. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
It was built by John Maris of Stogursey
Stogursey
Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater...
.
In l530 the aisle was added, and in 1752-1756 a gallery added which was removed in 1840 when the church was further restored
Victorian restoration
Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...
and the vestry added.