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The south wall of the chancel contains a [[piscina]] with a stone button in the centre of the bowl. Five [[stained glass]] windows in the church are signed - a rare phenomenon - by [[Carpronnier]] of [[Brussels]]. The west window is by [[Charles Eamer Kempe]], 1896. The church's three [[Church bell|bells]] were cast in 1627, and one of them has the royal arms inscribed. The chancel was paneled with [[oak]] in 1934. The church registers date from 1559. |
The south wall of the chancel contains a [[piscina]] with a stone button in the centre of the bowl. Five [[stained glass]] windows in the church are signed - a rare phenomenon - by [[Carpronnier]] of [[Brussels]]. The west window is by [[Charles Eamer Kempe]], 1896. The church's three [[Church bell|bells]] were cast in 1627, and one of them has the royal arms inscribed. The chancel was paneled with [[oak]] in 1934. The church registers date from 1559. |
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The top of the spire became unsafe, and an appeal was launched in 1980, with the help of grants from the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Department of the Environment]] and the [[Historic Churches Preservation Trust]]. These efforts raised £18,000 for the necessary work to be carried out. The church has been designated by [[English Heritage]] as a grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web | title= Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=263356 | accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref> |
The top of the spire became unsafe, and an appeal was launched in 1980, with the help of grants from the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Department of the Environment]] and the [[Historic Churches Preservation Trust]]. These efforts raised £18,000 for the necessary work to be carried out. The church has been designated by [[English Heritage]] as a grade II* [[listed building]]. The church is part of the the Camelot Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Bath & Wells. <ref>{{cite web | title= Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=263356 | accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref> |
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== Other Notable Buildings == |
== Other Notable Buildings == |
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Revision as of 12:27, 22 April 2008
| Compton Pauncefoot | |
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| Population | Expression error: "130[1]" must be numeric |
| OS grid reference | ST645265 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YEOVIL |
| Postcode district | BA22 |
| Dialling code | 01963 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Compton Pauncefoot is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, five miles south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 130[1]. As a Civil Parish it is joined with Blackford (located one mile to the east) and therefore population is based on the two villages together. There are approximately 35 houses in the village of Compton Pauncefoot and a similar number in Blackford. Compton Pauncefoot is a designated Conservation Area.[citation needed] The civil parish is in the 'Blackmore Vale' ward of South Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council.
The name of the village is believed to come from ‘compton’, or narrow valley, belonging to a Norman knight called Pauncefote (‘Fat-bellied’).[2]
Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the barrister William James Peake Mason. He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the death of his great-grandson, the fourth Baron.
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The church dates from the 15th century and is built of hamstone. In 1485 Sir Walter Pauncefoot left money for the building of the church and for a chantry at Compton Pauncefoot, where a priest could pray daily for his soul and for those of his immediate family. He also left several yards of differently coloured silks to be made into vestments. Until 1864 the church comprised a nave with south aisle and porch, and a tower at the west. The inner arches of the tower carried a spire of graceful proportions. The north aisle was added in 1864, and at the same time the two stone coffins (now in the churchyard by the yew tree) were removed.
The font is 13th century and is perfectly plain. There is a mass dial on the south wall. The frieze in the south aisle has part of a stone inscribed "Anne Whyting 1535." In the wall under the sill of the adjacent window is a long stone panel divided into compartments, each containing a shield bearing coats of arms relating to the Whyting and Pauncefoot families.
The south wall of the chancel contains a piscina with a stone button in the centre of the bowl. Five stained glass windows in the church are signed - a rare phenomenon - by Carpronnier of Brussels. The west window is by Charles Eamer Kempe, 1896. The church's three bells were cast in 1627, and one of them has the royal arms inscribed. The chancel was paneled with oak in 1934. The church registers date from 1559.
The top of the spire became unsafe, and an appeal was launched in 1980, with the help of grants from the Department of the Environment and the Historic Churches Preservation Trust. These efforts raised £18,000 for the necessary work to be carried out. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. The church is part of the the Camelot Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Bath & Wells. [3]
Other Notable Buildings
Compton Castle was built for Mr. Hussey Hunt about 1825 in a gothic style with large grounds, gatehouse, and lawns stretching down to a lake. Owned by the Showering family (of Babycham fame) in recent times, it was sold in 1986.[4]
The Old Rectory was originally a Priest's House of 1500; it has later, particularly Georgian additions.[5] Recently this house and the church were used quite extensively in a serialised version of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
The mainly 18th century Manor House includes parts which date back to the 15th century.[6]
The Crescent is a quarter circle of cottages built in about 1815 for farm workers, and originally known as Waterloo Crescent.[7]
References
- ^ a b "2002 Population estimates". Somerset County Council. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Places in Somerset "C"". Somerset Gateway. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Church of St Mary". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Compton Castle". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "The Old Rectory". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "The Manor House". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "The Crescent". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-11-01.