| Church of St Giles | |
|---|---|
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  Location within Somerset | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Leigh-on-Mendip |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°13′26″N 2°26′30″W / 51.2239°N 2.4416°W / 51.2239; -2.4416 |
| Completed | c. 1350 |
| Height | 94 feet (29 metres) |
The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1 listed building, with an unusual faceless clock.
The 93-foot-8-inch (28.55 m) tower dates from around 1464. It contains six bells, five of which date from the 1750s. A scratch sundial can be seen on one of the buttress at the foot of the tower.
There is a stone statue of St Catherine on the sill of the southeast window, which may date from the 12th century. It was found in 1898 and believed to have been moved to the church from the chapel of St Catherine in Mells.
The parish is part of the benefice of Leigh-on-Mendip with Stoke St Michael within the Frome deanery.
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
- List of Somerset towers
- List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
References
- ^ "Church of St Giles". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
- "Faceless Clock". Leigh on Mendip. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- Flannery, Julian (2016). Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 378–385. ISBN 978-0-500-34314-2. OCLC 965636725.
- Wright, Peter Poyntz (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
- "Bells". Leigh-on-Mendip. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- "History of Leigh-on-Mendip". Leigh-on-Mendip. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- de Viggiani, May. "A History of Leigh on Mendip". Mary de Viggiani. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- "St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip". Church of England. Retrieved 4 October 2011.