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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 ..... |
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... with an audience of wicker birds and animals in addition to the human variety |
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| 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 |
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The church itself boasts a number of remarkable features, including a rare barrel organ, in perfect working order .... |
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..... and a remarkable Tudor ceiling of painted panels of "uninhibited" angels |
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