Church of St Margaret
Street scene showing houses on the left and church with square tower on the left.
Church Street
LocationTintinhull, Somerset, England
Coordinates50°58′28″N 2°42′57″W / 50.97444°N 2.71583°W / 50.97444; -2.71583
Built13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated19 April 1961[1]
Reference no.426090
Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull is located in Somerset
Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull
Location of Church of St Margaret in Somerset

The Church of St Margaret in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

There was a church in the village during the 12th century which was replaced by the present building. It was associated with Montacute Priory,[2] as part of its foundation estate which was granted by William, Count of Mortain and remained linked to the Priory until the dissolution of the monasteries.[3]

The original building was remodelled with the addition of a chancel arch in the 14th century,[4] with the perpendicular windows of the nave being added in the 15th.[3] The interior includes a 15th-century octagonal font and an altar table and octagonal panelled timber pulpit from the 17th century.[1]

It has a four-stage tower with the top stage, parapet and the north-east stair turret being added to the original 13th-century work during 1516 and 1517.[3] The earlier three-stage tower is in the Early English Period and supported by angle buttresses.[5] The tower has five bells.[3]

It has the old parsonage, which is now called Tintinhull Court.[6]

The church is now part of the United Benefice of Tintinhull, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil Marsh & Thorne Coffin, within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Church of St Margaret". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Our churches". United Benefice of Tintinhull, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil Marsh & Thorne Coffin. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dunning, Robert; Baggs, A. P.; Bush, R. J. E.; Tomlinson, Margaret. "Parishes: Tintinhull". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 255-265. British History Online. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Dunning, Robert (1996). Fifty Somerset Churches. Somerset Books. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-0861833092.
  5. ↑ "Tintinhull — St Margaret: Towards a structural history" (PDF). Tintinhull Local History Group. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Tintinhull Court". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "Four Crosses". United Benefice of Tintinhull, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil Marsh & Thorne Coffin. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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