As usual at this time of year I thought I would post about
Somerset’s churches. This Christmas and
Epiphany the theme will be red sandstone churches of West Somerset. A couple of years ago I visited Dunster
Castle from where I took a photo, which I reproduce below, of the Church of St.
George in the village of Dunster.
Colin Wintle in his Around
Historic Avon and Somerset, (Midas Books, 1978) writes; “The Priory Church of St. George, of red
sandstone and with a massive square tower, buttressed and embattled, contains
an unique feature: its rood screen, with fourteen openings and supporting a
gallery, is the longest in England.”
Simon Jenkins, in his England’s
Thousand Best Churches, (Penguin Books, 2000) lists it among his “Top One
Hundred” and gives it four stars out of five.
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| The Church of St. George in Dunster, West Somerset. |
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