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Church of St James, Curry Mallet
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Church of St James, Curry Mallet is located in Somerset
Church of St James, Curry Mallet
Church of St James, Curry Mallet
Location in Somerset
50°59′01″N 2°56′59″W / 50.98361°N 2.94972°W / 50.98361; -2.94972
Location Curry Mallet, Somerset
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical
History
Status Active
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Designated 17 April 1959
Completed 13th-century

The Church of St James is a Church of England parish church in Curry Mallet, Somerset. It has 13th-century origins and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

History

The church is dedicated to All Saints, It has a three-stage tower. On the stonework are hunky punks representing animals. Inside the church is a 15th-century font.

Present day

The parish is part of the Seven Sowers benefice which covers Beercrocombe, Curry Mallet, Hatch Beauchamp, Orchard Portman, Staple Fitzpaine, Stoke St Mary (with Thurlbear) and West Hatch, within the deanery of Crewkerne and Ilminster.

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
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