Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nether Stowey

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Nether Stowey in the English county of Somerset has a 15th-century tower, with the remainder of the church being rebuilt in 1851 by Richard Carver and Charles Edmund Giles. It is as a Grade II* listed building.^[1][2]

Church of St Mary the Virgin
Location	Nether Stowey, Somerset, England
Coordinates	51.1503°N 3.1498°W / 51.1503; -3.1498
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Church of St Mary the Virgin
Designated	29 March 1963
Reference no.	1344922
Location of Church of St Mary the Virgin in Somerset

History

Nether Stowey had a small church by the 12th century with a three-bay nave. A gallery was added in the early 17th century. In 1791 a failed attempt was made to enlarge the church, but in 1814 a transept was added.^[3]

The parish is part of the Quantock Villages benefice of Aisholt, Enmore, Goathurst, Nether Stowey, Over Stowey and Spaxton within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.^[4][5]

Architecture

The red sandstone church now has a nave, north and south aisles and a chancel with attached vestry.^[6] The three-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and decorated with pinnacles and prominent gargoyles.^[2] The tower contains six bells which were recast in 1914.^[3]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells