Church Of St Gregory

The Church of St Gregory is a parish church located in Upper Weare, with origins dating back to the 11th century, significant elements from the 13th century, and mainly 15th century features, along with 19th century restoration. The building is constructed from squared and coursed rubble, topped with a slate roof and features coped verges with cruciform finials. It is designed in the Perpendicular style and consists of a nave, a south porch, a north aisle, a chancel, and a west tower.

The tower is four stages high, with corner buttresses and angle buttresses at the top stage that have offsets. It includes blind 2-light windows on the third stage and triple bell-chamber windows, which are blank on each side, with the center featuring bell louvres. The tower is adorned with pinnacles, a pierced parapet, a stair turret, and prominent gargoyles. The west side showcases a 4-light window flanked by crocketted niches and a west door.

Inside, the church has a three-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, with 2 and 3-light square-headed Perpendicular windows, and a 3-light east window from the 19th century. The north aisle, added in the 19th century, has 2-light windows. The interior features a single chamfered Decorated chancel arch, an aumbray, and a piscina with a foiled head. The roofs are from the 19th century, while the plain Norman font has a scalloped base. There are 16th century pews with plain thin poppy heads, and a pulpit dated 1617. The south door, likely from the 11th century, is set in a chamfered semi-circular headed stone surround, with a door dated 1755. Adjacent in the porch is a wooden bracket dated 1690.

Notable interior elements include a brass memorial to John Bedbere from the 15th century set into the floor, elaborate choir stalls and a lectern from 1909, and a wall monument to Edith Hooper from 1729, along with three additional early 19th century wall monuments, one by Wood of Bristol and another by W Pugh of Bristol. The altar features a 17th century chest, and there are further 17th century chests. All roofs have been restored, with the nave roof resting on corbels carved as figures. Fragments of 15th century stained glass can be found in the north aisle windows and a south window of the nave.