Kingweston church

The new church of lias and Doulting stone is late 13th-century in style and stands at the highest point of the village, making a picturesque composition with Kingweston House. It has a chancel, nave with north-east vestry, and a tower over the south porch; the spire rises high and sharp over a tall, gabled bell stage.

Cracking of the structure has been blamed either on settlement or the result of nine bombs dropping nearby during the Second World War.

The churchyard was extended in 1855 and the lych gate was installed in 1937 for George V’s jubilee. The 14th-century cross, erected in the churchyard on a new base and with a new top as a First World War memorial, was in the churchyard in 1846. For more information on the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK see the War Memorials Trust: [www.warmemorials.org]