St Augustine's Church, West Monkton
Church in Somerset, England
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The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]
LocationWest Monkton, England
Coordinates51.0507°N 3.0528°W
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| Location | West Monkton, England |
| Coordinates | 51.0507°N 3.0528°W |
The parish church has an 88 feet (26.8 m) tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example. Nikolaus Pevsner proposes that St Augustine's tower is older than the surrounding church towers, with a tower arch that may date to 1300 as part of a previous church building.[2]
The churchyard includes a stocks and whipping post under a canopy.[3]