The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Muchelney, Somerset, England, has Saxon origins, however the current building largely dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Location
Muchelney, Somerset, England
Built
15th century
Listed Building - Grade I
Official name
Church of SS Peter and Paul
Designated
17 April 1959
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Muchelney is located in SomersetChurch of St Peter and St Paul, Muchelney
Location of Church of St Peter and St Paul in Somerset
The church, which is adjacent to the site of Muchelney Abbey and close to the River Parrett, has a ceiling enlivened with Jacobean paintings of bare-breasted angels, their nudity thought to symbolize innocent purity. They were painted in the early 17th century.
The church also contains a barrel organ built by Gray and Davison and installed around 1835 to 1840. It is the last one known to be still in the church where it was first installed and still in working order.
There is a three-bay aisled nave and a chancel with a short chapel on either side.
It has a three-stage Somerset tower, dating from around 1468,supported by pairs of full-height corner buttresses. The south-east octagonal stair turret leads to an outer door
The parish is part of the Langport
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