GRADE II* ✣ C13 origins; rebuilding / restoration late C19. Use of local Doulting stone. More to this church than some brief mentions allow – for example the interior layout. See instead the detailed BLB entry HERE Also this, for Brass enthusiasts: two small brasses of 1673 and 1690 to Edward Bennet and his wife Susan, the latter signed in copperplate lettering: Guliet Cockey de Wincanto(n), Reputed to be the only such signed brass found in Somerset. Part of the churchyard is managed as a wildlife site under the Living Churchyard project. 51.1239 / 51°7’25″N;  -2.4019 / 2°24’6″W / ST719361

VERTICAL DIAL

The dial is situated high up on E quoin of S face of the tower. The dial-stone is large and eroded to the extent that there are no visible dial features or markings. Perhaps there never were. The ‘iron rod’ gnomon is pleasingly simple, and from some angles makes a square frame.

SCRATCH DIALS: see https://gaudiumsubsole.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=24465&action=edit

GSS Category: Vertical Dial; Vertical Dial Church; Gnomon details;

All photos: Keith Salvesen / Rolling Harbour