Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull

Church of St Margaret
Church Street
Location	Tintinhull, Somerset, England
Coordinates	50°58′28″N 2°42′57″W
Built	13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	19 April 1961[1]
Reference no.	426090
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

• List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
• List of towers in Somerset
• List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

References

1. "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. 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.