12th century, St Aldhelm Church, Doulting, Somerset

Church was closed on the day of visit.
The Church of St Aldhelm in Doulting, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th-century. It is a Grade I listed building.
The dedication to St Aldhelm is unusual and arises from the 8th century when King Ine of Wessex gave the local estate to Glastonbury Abbey after his nephew Aldhelm died in the village in 709. In his honour the local spring which is the source of the River Sheppey is called St Aldhelm's Well.
At the time of St Aldhelm's death in 709 it was a small wooden church. The church has a tall spire rather than the towers which are more usual in Somerset. It has a two-storey porch which incorporates a carving of the Green Man into its vaulting.
Within the churchyard is a 15th-century stone churchyard cross, it has an octagonal stepped base with a square socket stone and square tapering cross, it is a grade II listed building.
The churchyard also contains a war grave of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War I.
More information on wikipedia.
DOULTING MANOR AND STABLES, GRADE II LISTED. (PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS THE VICARAGE).
Severely damaged by fire in late 2023, interior and roof largely gone, however the envelope of the building and its external features have survived.
Manor, subsequently the vicarage, now house, Early C18, restored late C19. Ashlar frontage, grooved end pilasters, sill band on ground floor, moulded cornice, coursed and squared rubble on returns, coped verges, slate roofs, large C19 Gothic ashlar stacks. Symmetrical frontage, 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays, 12-pane sash windows, in architraves to first floor, dropped keys; windows on ground floor in Gibbs surrounds with triple keys. Central door opening in Gibbs surround, triangular pediment with cartouche, half-glazed door, late C18 ashlar porch in conforming style, cornice, blocking course, paired half-glazed doors. Left return in Gothic style, stone-mullioned and transomed windows, canted oriel, 2 pairs of later French windows.
Attached to the rear a stable-block; rubble, slate roof, coped verges, ashlar stacks, finial. Two storeys, 2 bays, a small opening with an iron casement and a pitching eye with an inserted iron casement on first floor, on ground floor two 2-light stone-mullioned windows with stopped labels. Pointed arch door opening with paired plank doors, and a broad opening with plank doors. Attached walls with broad segmental openings giving onto a carriage yard, 2 reused medieval gargoyles on wall to left. Further gargoyle on rear of stable block. Interior of house with both C18 and C19 features. A building of considerable quality.

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[@theboy-uk]

What an interesting spire, with the "castle ramparts" at the base of the spire bit.

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Nice to see a church with a spire. Quite old this one. Pity about the Vicarage next door though. 😺