Blessed Virgin Mary, Brompton Regis
Blessed Virgin Mary, Brompton Regis
The Church of St Mary (Blessed Virgin Mary) at Brompton Regis, Somerset, is a Grade II* parish church with a thirteenth-century tower and a nave of about 1490, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
- Location
- Brompton Regis, Somerset
- Country
- England
- County
- Somerset
- City / town
- Brompton Regis
- Address
- Brompton Regis, Somerset, TA22 9NL
- Postcode
- TA22 9NL
- Built
- C13 tower; nave rebuilt c.1490; restored 1853 and 1885; tower restored 1895; chapel restored 1962
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Bath and Wells
- Parish
- Brompton Regis with Withiel Florey
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Perpendicular
- Materials
- Random rubble local stone, slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SS 951 314
- Opening hours
- From 9am to dusk daily. Organists should contact us to arrange to play our Lewis instrument. Please also contact us if you will need the toilet to be unlocked For the duration of our tower restoration bellringing cannot take place. We look forward to welcoming visiting teams again in the future.
- Access
- Level access throughout. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic England records a parish church with a thirteenth-century tower, the nave rebuilt about 1490 with a north aisle, restorations of 1853 and 1885 (when it was reroofed, the chancel rebuilt and a south transept added), the tower restored in 1895, and the chapel restored in 1962. Materials are random rubble local stone, flat-bedded in the tower, with slate roofs. The plan has a crenellated three-stage west tower, four-bay nave, south transept, south porch, four-bay north aisle and chapel, and chancel. Inside are a Perpendicular arcade with vine-leaf capitals, a rood stair in situ, and a pulpit dated 1625. Listed Grade II* on 6 April 1959 (NHLE 1057978). The Church Commissioners’ name is Brompton Regis: The Blessed Virgin Mary; the legal parish is Brompton Regis with Withiel Florey.