St Michaels Church Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1950. A Medieval Church tower.

St Michaels Church Tower

WRENN ID
south-mantel-hemlock
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1950
Type
Church tower
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

1133 ST 5138 8/7 21.6.50

TOR HILL

St Michael's Church Tower (formerly listed as St Michael's Chapel)

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Only the tower, without the upper storey, remains from the medieval church. Said to date from late C13 with Perpendicular additions. Restored 1804. 3 storeys. Corner buttresses. Stringcourses. Perpendicular bell-openings and battlements. Sculptured tablet of eagle below parapet. 7 canopied niches in west face. Y-tracery to lower storey. Carved reliefs over deeply moulded west door. A dominant feature of the Somerset landscape. Scheduled Ancient Monument. In the care of the National Trust.

Listing NGR: ST5121838615

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