Church of St George is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. A Medieval Church.
Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- odd-flue-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St George, Whatley
- OS grid reference
- ST 734 476
- Coordinates
- 51.22699, -2.38228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St George is a parish church that likely dates back to the 14th century, with a 15th-century tower. It was rebuilt in 1859 and underwent further work in 1870. The building is constructed from local limestone rubble with dressed quoins and features a tiled roof. It has an irregular cruciform plan and includes a south porch.
The church has a three-stage tower with diagonal buttresses, a restored ashlar parapet adorned with heraldic shields similar to those on a chest tomb in the south transept, corner pinnacles, and a set-back ribbed spire. The bell chamber openings are panelled in the Perpendicular style. The nave and transepts consist of three bays, with nave window openings featuring Geometrical tracery. The porch has Early English corner buttresses and an early 14th-century double chamfered door opening.
Inside, the chancel has a two-bay layout with 19th-century plate tracery, a large squint to the south, and a rood stair to the north. The interior is largely from the 19th century, except for an early 14th-century double chamfered arch on corbels leading to the south transept, a plainer tower arch, and an archway with steps to the rood, which are also from the 14th century. The chancel features muscular Gothic choir stalls with poppy heads, full tile work, and a Baroque reredos. There is a memorial in the chancel to Elizabeth Wilstead, who died in 1697, featuring Ionic pilasters that support a broken pediment.
The south transept contains a recumbent figure of a knight, Rodger de Servington, on a richly decorated chest tomb made up of four panels with blind crocketed ogee heads. The figure is depicted in plate armour and a surcoat, with a shield bearing three stag heads; his feet rest on a curled stag. The church also has a Gothic organ case and a 12th-century tub font with a cover featuring medieval-style ironwork.
Local climate
Church of St George receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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