---
title: "St Mary the Blessed Virgin, East Brent"
description: "Located in East Brent, Somerset. Built 15th century; chancel rebuilt 1845. Diocese of Bath and Wells. Grade I. Perpendicular Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Somerset","East Brent","Grade I","Perpendicular","William Butterfield","Diocese of Bath and Wells"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/east-brent-st-mary-blessed-virgin"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:37:07.152Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:33:50.853Z"
location: "East Brent, Somerset"
country: "England"
county: "Somerset"
town: "East Brent"
address: "Church Road, East Brent, Somerset, TA9 4HZ"
postcode: "TA9 4HZ"
built: "15th century; chancel rebuilt 1845"
architect: "William Butterfield (chancel restoration)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Bath and Wells"
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular Gothic"
materials: "Coursed and squared rubble with gabled and lean-to lead roofs"
website: "http://www.theparishofthreesaints.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Open daily from approximately 9.30am to 3.30pm."
parish: "Parish of Three Saints"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262673"
accessNotes: "Open daily from about 9.30am to 3.30pm."
---

# St Mary the Blessed Virgin, East Brent

St Mary is a Grade I Perpendicular parish church on Church Road, East Brent, Somerset, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells and the Parish of Three Saints.

## Overview

Historic England records a fifteenth- and seventeenth-century church, restored in the nineteenth century, with the chancel by William Butterfield. The fabric is coursed and squared rubble with gabled and lean-to lead roofs and copings with cruciform finials. The plan comprises nave, chancel, north aisle, north vestry, south porch, south chapel and a five-stage west tower with a stone spire, angle then diagonal buttresses, a pierced parapet with pinnacles, an embattled stair turret, three crocketed figure niches on the west face, and a collar of blank arcading to the spire. The north aisle is of five bays with a pierced parapet; the south chapel is of two bays.

The interior is dominated by a ribbed plaster nave ceiling with three pendants, dated 1637. A west gallery incorporates part of the rood screen dated 1635, with carved vine columns and Ionic capitals. The chancel retains a fifteenth-century sedilia and triple piscina; Butterfield rebuilt the chancel in 1845. The south door is fifteenth-century; traces of wall painting survive in the restored south porch. The church is open daily in the daytime.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1262673](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262673)
- [Parish of Three Saints](http://www.theparishofthreesaints.org.uk/)