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Culbone Church is dedicated to St Bueno – or maybe it's St Bruno! Or it could even be Saint Columba the Virgin. In any case it's almost certainly the smallest complete parish church in regular weekly use in England and is a grade I listed building. It's just 10.5 metres long and 3.7 metres wide but still has a sanctuary, chancel and nave with seats for 33 people. It features in the Domesday Book and is in the Guinness Book of Records. It's a strangely attractive building and very isolated. We walked 2½ km along the SW peninsular path from Porlock Weir to reach it. The walls date from the twelfth century and like many other Somerset churches are intended to be – and indeed are – rendered and lime washed, to protect them from the elements. The nave is possibly of Saxon origin. In the 15th century it was re-roofed and a south window added. Later on a double-light window two was placed in the north wall. Finally a small trefoil-headed window was added in the north wall. The slate roof was last replaced in 1928. The Font behind the door is possibly Norman but its pedestal is probably Victorian. The porch is probably 13th century with a slightly-pointed sandstone arch. The Chancel has been much altered. Its pointed arch is probably a 13th century enlargement of an older round-headed one. Above the double-light window in the north wall there is a carving of a face in low-relief. The east wall of the Chancel was rebuilt in 1888 with a new wagon roof.

The inset shows one of the many graves of the Red family around the church. In 1911 one of the family, Irving Red, married Ethel Arnold. Ethel thereby became Ethel Red! They farmed at Pitt Farm south of Culbone. In 1966, both in their mid-eighties and after 55 years of married life, they died – Irving in February and Ethel in December. The grave tablet is in memory of them. Irving left £6501 in his will – a goodly sum for a small farmer in those days.
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Author Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK
Camera location51° 13′ 24.39″ N, 3° 39′ 20.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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