Bratton Seymour is one of 10 churches within the Camelot Parishes group of Churches

Situated on the slope of Bratton Hil, with outstanding views towards Penselwood and St Alfred’s Tower.  Our simple two cell church dates back to Norman times and there is still evidence of this, in particular a Norman Font and the Norman South doorway with its zigzag decoration are unique features.

The low perpendicular tower, probably originally built in the 13th or 14th century, houses three bells dated 1390, 1450 and the third recast in 1824.

Among a number of in our churchyard is a Wold War I memorial to John Charles Hodges killed in 1916.

Our church is very special to us and is the only community building in our little village.    It is Grade 2 listed and as you can see from the Natural England web site, it is in urgent need of some TLC.

We are currently fund raising to carry out initial repairs valued at £50,000.  Can you help our Crowdfunding appeal to help us carry out this restoration?

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The parish church of ST. NICHOLAS, dedicated to St. Giles in 1228, and to the Holy Trinity in the later 18th century,.  The church comprises a chancel with north vestry, a nave with south porch, and a west tower and stands on a prominent site above the village.

The fabric dates from the 12th century and includes a south doorway with zigzag decoration, the outer arch of the porch with reused material perhaps from a previous chancel arch, a plain font, and fragments of 12th-century carving incorporated in the nave walls.

The chancel may be of the early 14th century. The blocked west door and the square stair turret of the tower seem to belong to the 17th century, the date of the south-east window of the nave.

A large sum was spent on the fabric in 1804 and in 1837 the nave roof was rebuilt at a lower pitch and the north wall of the nave reconstructed to the designs of a Mr. Davis, probably Edward Davis of Bath. The vestry may have been added originally as a private aisle in 1848. (fn. 183)

Bratton Seymour is committed to Safeguarding, and more can be found on the Camelot Parishes website.