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St Mary Magdalene, Sparkford
St Mary Magdalene, Sparkford
The Church of St Mary Magdalene on Church Road, Sparkford, is a Grade II* parish church of the fourteenth century and later, with a nave of 1824 by Thomas Ellis, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
- Location
- Sparkford, Somerset
- Country
- England
- County
- Somerset
- City / town
- Sparkford
- Address
- Church Road, Sparkford, Somerset, BA22 7JZ
- Postcode
- BA22 7JZ
- Built
- C14 and later; nave 1824
- Architect
- Thomas Ellis (nave, 1824)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Bath and Wells
- Parish
- Sparkford
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval Gothic; 1824 nave
- Materials
- Grey lias, Ham stone dressings, Welsh slate roofs
- Grid reference
- ST 609 256
- Opening hours
- Generally 9am to 5pm daily but closes at dusk during the autumn and winter months.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records local grey lias with Ham stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs: a two-bay chancel, three-bay nave, south-east vestry and chapel, and a west tower. The chancel is largely fourteenth- and fifteenth-century; Ellis rebuilt the nave in 1824. Interior fittings are mostly nineteenth-century, with a seventeenth-century altar table among earlier pieces. Listed Grade II* on 24 March 1961 (NHLE 1243352). The parish of Sparkford belongs to the Cam Vale benefice.