Church of St Andrew, Holcombe

The Church of St. Andrew close to Downside Abbey in Holcombe, Somerset, England has late Saxon-early Norman origins and was rebuilt in the 16th century.

[1] The interior includes late Georgian box pews[2] and a Jacobean pulpit.

[1] In the graveyard is a memorial to the family of Robert Falcon Scott whose father managed the brewery in the village.

[5] The original medieval village was buried at the time of the plague and St Andrews is surrounded by the mounds that bear testimony to this burial.

[6] The parish is part of the benefice of Coleford with Holcombe within the Midsomer Norton deanery.