Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip
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| Church of St Giles | |
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 Location within Somerset
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| Town or city | Leigh-on-Mendip |
| Country | England |
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| Completed | c. 1350 |
The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1 listed building,[1] with an unusual faceless clock.[2]
The 91-foot-6-inch (27.89 m) tower dates from around 1464.[3] It contains six bells, five of which date from the 1750s.[4] A scratch sundial can be seen on one of the buttress at the foot of the tower.[5]
There is a stone statue of St Catherine on the sill of the south east window, which may date from the 12th century.[1] It was found in 1898 and believed to have been moved to the church from the chapel of St Catherine in Mells.[6]
The parish is part of the benefice of Leigh-on-Mendip with Stoke St Michael within the Frome deanery.[7]
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