Church of St Michael, North Cadbury

Church of St Michael
Location:	North Cadbury, Somerset, England
Coordinates:	51°02′28″N 2°31′12″W / 51.04111°N 2.52°W / 51.04111; -2.52Coordinates: 51°02′28″N 2°31′12″W / 51.04111°N 2.52°W / 51.04111; -2.52
Built:	1417
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated:	24 March 1961[1]
Reference #:	262104
Location of Church of St Michael in Somerset

The Church of St Michael in North Cadbury, Somerset, England dates from 1417,^[2] although the tower was built a few years earlier. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

In 1423 Lord and Lady de Botreaux were granted a royal licence to form a college of seven chaplains.^[3] As a result the nave and chancel were rebuilt although the earlier three-stage tower was left intact.^[4]

In the 17th century the church was under the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[5]

The church includes elaborately carved bench ends dating from the 1530s. The decoration includes not just religious imagery but also birds and animals along with local people at work.^[6]

During the 1980s the interior fittings and decoration of the church were damaged beyond repair. The local sculptor John Richardson designed modern figures to replace them. Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of the adjacent North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.^[7]

The parish is part of the Camelot Parishes benefice within the Bruton and Cary deanery.^[8]

See also

• List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
• List of towers in Somerset

Further reading

• Proceedings of Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, Vol.36, pp.54 et seq., North Cadbury

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Church of St. Michael". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=262104. Retrieved 7 June 2009. 
2. ^ "Church of St Michael, North Cadbury, Somerset". St Michael’s Church, North Cadbury, Somerset. http://www.northcadburychurch.com/index.php/church-of-st-michael-north-cadbury-somerset-2/. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
3. ^ William Page (editor) (1911). "Colleges: North Cadbury". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40951. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
4. ^ "North Cadbury, St. Michael". English Church Architecture. http://english-church-architecture.net/somerset/north%20cadbury/north_cadbury.htm. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
5. ^ "Religious History". Victoria County History. http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/sites/default/files/work-in-progress/north_cadbury_religious_history.pdf. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
6. ^ "History and Place Somerset: North Cadbury Bench Ends". Victoria County History. http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/somerset/about/images-somerset/north-cadbury. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
7. ^ Warren, Derrick (2005). Curious Somerset. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-7509-4057-3. 
8. ^ "St Michael the Archangel, North Cadbury". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/north-cadbury-st-michael-the-archangel/. Retrieved 30 October 2011.