Church Of St Dunstan is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. A Perpendicular Church.
Church Of St Dunstan
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-gable-kestrel
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Perpendicular
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Dunstan is an Anglican parish church located in Baltonsborough. It dates from the 15th century, with some restoration work carried out in the 19th century. The building is constructed from coursed and squared rubble with freestone dressings, and features some stucco on the tower. The roofs are covered with stone tiles, and the verges are coped with cruciform finials.
The church comprises a nave, chancel, and south porch, with a west tower and a 19th-century vestry and organ loft. The tower is built in the Perpendicular style and consists of three stages, with diagonal buttresses on the lower two stages. It has two-light bell-chamber windows, an embattled ashlar parapet, and a square lead-covered spirelet topped with a large weather-vane. The west side features a three-light window and a west door.
The nave has four buttressed bays with pointed-headed, two-light windows, while the chancel has two bays with similar buttresses and windows. There is a priests' door on the south side and a four-light east window. The south porch has an ashlar frontage and early 19th-century wrought-iron dog-gates with a lamp above. Inside, there is a plastered interior with ceiled wagon roofs in both the nave and chancel, adorned with ribs and bosses. The nave's roof is enriched near the chancel arch, and the chancel roof features an elaborate wall plate with carved paterae and five carved wooden angles on each side.
The bell-ringers' loft is located under the tower and has a rail with turned balusters. The chancel and tower arches are elaborately moulded. The chancel contains a piscina with a foiled head and remnants of painted decoration, along with a second piscina in the nave, an aumbry, and sedilia with two carved panels—one featuring a central fleur-de-lis and the other with an achievement and raised lettering that reads "Mors Novltra."
The church has restored 15th-century pews, one of which has a hinged seat that projects into the aisle, and 19th-century choir stalls. There is a 15th-century octagonal font and pulpit, the latter featuring large foiled niches. A 19th-century alas box is set on a medieval base, and there is a 19th-century rood screen and reredos, along with royal aras and a chair dated 1667. Some 19th-century stained glass is also present.
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