We went on a trip to take some house plants and other stuff to my wifes sister in Nynehead (our first journey out in over a year!) where this historic church sits. It is a truly fascinating building, so sad that it was locked due to the pandemic. The graveyard was beautiful with Spring flowers galore! A brief history is below:
All Saints Church, Nynehead is one of the gems of Somerset. The main fabric of the building consists mostly of local red Permo-Triassic rock, a form of sandstone, mixed with various other types of stone. The style is perpendicular. The building owes a great deal to the Sanford family who in the past furnished it with many of its present day art treasures.
In the building of churches many pieces of the older buildings were reused. In the early 19th century a carved stone head was found while the restoration of the church was in progress. This may indicate that the present day church was built from the remains of a former building. Also older pieces of the original church appear in other places e.g. the piscina in the sanctuary.
The manor was granted to the Bishop of Winchester in 737 AD, so it is likely that there was some form of a church here at that time. A church in Nynehead is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1068. By a charter dated 1091, William, Count of Mortain, founder of the Montacute Priory, granted to the monks of Montacute the manor and the church of Nynehead. It was the only Cluniac Order in the county, an order that was developed from Cluny in Burgundy.
@yoland
The Spring flowers were certainly a delight on a lovely sunny day. Our day out was so good and welcomed, and made all the better by being able to see my wife's sister again.
@delboy207
Thanks Delboy, the church is approached up a slight incline which helped get the angle and I also got down on one knee (getting up again was a slower operation!)
I hope you enjoyed your first day of freedom.
The Spring flowers were certainly a delight on a lovely sunny day. Our day out was so good and welcomed, and made all the better by being able to see my wife's sister again.
Thanks Delboy, the church is approached up a slight incline which helped get the angle and I also got down on one knee (getting up again was a slower operation!)