Broad Street All Saints', Wrington 
Church Crawl to Muchelney




The final church crawl of the 2000 season was an afternoon trip to Muchelney - to the Benedictine abbey and parish church of SS Peter & Paul close by.






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The extant part of the abbey is the Abbot's quarters, where the English Heritage staff of the shop give a
briefing to parties of visitors .....







... with an audience of wicker birds and animals in addition to the human variety

 

 

 
           The south covered cloister The nearby parish church may be glimpsed from many of the windows


Opposite the church is the National Trust-owned late mediaeval Priest's House, built by the abbey, as was the church, for the villagers

 

 





The church itself boasts a number of remarkable features, including a rare barrel organ, in perfect working order ....

.... a superb tiled floor originally in the 12C Lady Chapel of the abbey .....
    ..... and a remarkable Tudor ceiling of     painted panels of "uninhibited" angels