Other historic buildings in the village include many old houses, a public house called the Wyndham Arms,[5] a Wesleyan church[6] and an octagonal village lock-up that was used to detain drunks and suspected criminals.[7]
Kingsbury Episcopi's church of St Martin boasts an ornate Somerset Tower, 99 feet (30 m) tall, made of stone from nearby Ham Hill. Pevsner describes the chancel and chapels of the church as "gloriously lit" and advises visiting on a fine morning. He writes that the nave is older than the rest of the church, "no doubt of before 1400, and not yet infected with the later exuberance" of the Late Perpendicular style of the tower and other parts of St Martin's.[12] Poyntz Wright suggests the west tower was built in 1515.[13] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[14]
Kingsbury is known for its May Festival which is held on the May DayBank Holiday and attracts over 4,000 visitors. Another popular attraction is the Lowland Games, where events include mud wrestling, river raft racing and bale racing, while locally brewed cider is available.[16]
^Bourne, Val (4 January 2008). "Snowdrops: White magic". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
^Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958). The buildings of England, South and West Somerset. Penguin Books (Reprinted by Yale Univ Press, 2003).
^Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN0-86127-502-0.
