Church Of St George

EDINGTON CP CHURCH ROAD (North side) ST33NE 9/48 Church of St George

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Anglican parish church. On a medieval site, completely rebuilt 1879 by Down and Son. Coursed and squared rubble, freestone dressings, C20 concrete tile roof, coped verges, cruciform finials, gabled ashlar bellcote to west. Nave chancel, south porch, north vestry. Neo-Perpendicular. Four bay nave, 2-light square-headed windows, each light with cusping, labels with large floral stops, 3-light west window. Gabled porch, 4-centred head door opening, benched interior on tile floor, inner door with good hinges. Two bay chancel in conforming style, 3-light west-window, priests door to south, door with good hinges. Lofty plastered interior on tile and encaustic tile floors. Nave with scissor-rafter roof on corbels; chancel with unceiled wagon roof. Moulded and shafted chancel arch. Coeval pews, pulpit, lectern, choir stalls, brass candelabrae, altar rail and small organ. C19 reredos which appears to include Jacobean remains; Jacobean chest. Good Norman font, bowl with 2 large scallops to each face, corner spurs and 2 cable mouldings; good late C19 cover. Five C19 wall monuments. Four late C19 stained glass windows. (Pevsner, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958; Faculty and architect plans deposited SR0).

Listing NGR: ST3870939797