St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset

St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset


Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.
These pictures were posted the the HAM Country FaceBook page.

St. Michael Church, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

There has probably been a Christian church on this site for thirteen hundred years, but the remains of a Norman church which are incorporated in the fabric of the present building provide the earliest tangible evidence we have; the arch with the typical zig-zag moulding over the South Door, the twisted column surmounted by a large capital at the east end of the North Aisle, and possibly the Early English quatre-foil shaped font. The dedication to St. Michael is also probably a relic of the Norman church, since it was a favorite dedication for churches in Normandy at the time of the Conquest.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."

St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

THE TOWER

The 75-foot high tower was added late in the 14th century. That some time elapsed between the building of the nave and the building of the tower is evident from the difference in texture and bonding of the stonework seen on the outside.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."


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