St Margaret's Church, Hinton Blewett

Church of St Margaret
Location	Hinton Blewett, Somerset, England
Coordinates	51°18′40″N 2°34′59″W
Built	13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	15 January 1986[1]
Reference no.	32823
Location of Church of St Margaret in Somerset

The Church of St Margaret in Hinton Blewett, Somerset, England probably dates from the 13th century although parts are as late as the 16th or 17th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

The church is largely built of Blue Lias with Doulting Stone arcade.^[2] It includes the coat of arms of Simon Seward (Rector 1514–59) over the doorway.^[3] The church has space for around 80 people. The electronic organ was dedicated in 1989.^[4]

The five bells in the tower were cast in 1708 by the Bilbies of Chew Stoke.^[5]

The parish is part of the benefice of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett, Litton with Chewton Mendip within the archdeaconry of Wells.^[6]

See also

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

References

1. "Church of St. Margaret". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958). The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-071013-7.
3. "Welcome to Hinton Blewett". Hinton Blewett Parish Council. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
4. "Parish Profile November 2008" (PDF). The United Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
5. Mason, Edmund J.; Mason, Doreen (1982). Avon Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7091-9585-6.
6. "The Blessed Virgin Mary, West Harptree". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

Baptismal font of Dundry stone in Church of St. Margaret, Hinton Blewett, Somerset, England.