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Kilve Chantry, Somerset

Kilve Chantry is the remains of a chantry founded in 1329 near Kilve, Somerset. The chantry was dissolved in the late 14th century. This monument includes the chantry chapel and part of a manor house situated on a low coastal rise overlooking Bridgewater Bay at Kilve Pill. The chapel, along with the solar and east and northern wings of the manor house survive as partially standing roofless buildings with some original windows and stepped angle buttresses. The buildings are partly attached to the hall range of the manor house which remains occupied. The monument is within the council area of Somerset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1002960.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Somerset
Lat, Long: 51.189086,-3.2229177
Grid Reference: ST 1463 4402
Civil Parish: Kilve CP
Council Area: Somerset CA
Police Area: Avon and Somerset PA

GBPN ID: 300791
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Kilve_Chantry,_Somerset_300791

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