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The Church of the Holy Cross has an intimate and ageless atmosphere.

A powerful, ambitious building, above and beyond the scale you would usually imagine for an Edwardian suburb.

Nestled at the bottom of a hill on the outskirts of the village, St Mary’s church, built of local heathstone is steeped in history.

A Dorset gem saved by the ghost of Thomas Hardy.

A gem of a meeting house.

Like so many Somerset churches, Isle Abbots has a splendid tower, and this one is especially graceful, built of Ham stone between 1510 and 1520, with three distinct stages.

Sir John Betjeman wrote that it was 'worth travelling 200 miles and being sick in the coach to have seen inside this many vista'd church'.

Its tall, sturdy looking 14th century tower is one of the oldest features of this church, which incorporates a mix of differing styles.