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Church of St Michael
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Location Stoke St Michael, Somerset, England
Built c. 1400
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St Michael
Designated 2 June 1961
Reference no. 1173964
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The Anglican Church of St Michael in Stoke St Michael, Somerset, England was built around 1400. It is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The western tower survives from the building constructed around 1400. The remainder was largely being rebuilt as part of a Victorian restoration in 1838 by Jesse Gane.

The church was a chapelry of Doulting.

The parish is part of the Leigh-on-Mendip with Downhead and Stoke St Michael benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

Architecture

The stone building has a five-bay nave and a chancel.

The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses.

See also

  • List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
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