04/07/17
友人の結婚式で行ったとある村での教会,創建は12世紀頃で,19世紀になって改修が行われたとのこと。いずれにせよ古く,ノルマン様式を残すとのことイギリスの建築史はあまり詳しくないのですが,...。
HATCH BEAUCHAMP CHURCH
THE CHURCH as it stands today is mainly late mcdieval with some 19th century additions in matching style. It is built for the most part of blue has stone. The Patent Rolls of 1206 establish that an earlier church existed at the close of the I2th century There is no record of the date of this earlier church but it was certainly standing on the same site during the Norman period.
THE AGE OF THE PRESENT CHURCH
The tower, the nave and the north aisle are late I5th/early 16th century. The chancel is earlier, but many alterations have been made to it through the ages. The chancel arch is 19th century.
19th CENTURY ADDITIONS AND RESTORATIONS
(I) The north aisle of the chancel is early 19th century. The Faculty for erecting this "Private Pew" by H. P. Collins Esq. is dated July 6th 1825, and this extension to the church must have been carried out very soon thereafter (see page 10).
(2) The south aisle and the transept-like vestrty were added in 1834. A board will be found in the vestry describing these enlargements to the church.
(3) 1867 Restorations. From a contemporary account quoted in Edward Jeboult's "West Somerset" (published 1873) "The church of Hatch Beauchamp as it stood a year or two ago was in a very ruinous condition. It was built of Curry Mallet stone which in many parts was literally crumbling away." According to Jeboult the following restoration work was done: The coat of rough-cast which covered the whole of the walls was taken off, all repairs were effected with "Langport stone", and the whole carefully pointed. The buttresses of the tower were removed and rebuilt, and the parapets and pinnacles taken down and refixed. The old chancel arch with its zig-zag ornamentation indicating a Norman date was replaced by the present chancel arch which was erected to the east of the old arch. This has resulted in the nave being extended slightly eastwards at the expense of the chancel. To effect this work the small pointed arch of the arcade of the south aisle, and the small eastern arch of the north arcade had to be inserted. Finally a1 singer's gallery in the lower part of the tower was removed, thus opening the tower and the western window to the church. These restorations were done under the direction of George Gilbert Scott, and they cost £1,500. Towards this the parish paid by rate £200, and the remainder was by subscription, W. H. P. Gore Langton Esq. bearing the larger share.
(Note: In the old church guide the north and south aisles are both dated as 1530. The south aisle was definitely added in 1834 because inter a/ia the 1832 Buckler drawing shows no south aisle whilst the 1842 drawing shows both the south aisle and the transept-like vestry. The old guide also states that the north aisle of the chancel was added in 1867 when the correct date is as stated above.)
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