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Somerset A-H Place: Alford, All Saints Location: Bench end Date: ? Source: CH Place: Ashcott, All Saints Location: Nave -bosses and older gargoyle in C19th parapet Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Ashill, St Mary Location: Above north door Date: ? Source: CH Place: Ashton Court Mansion Location: Decorative stone urn in grounds Date: ? Source: Matt Rogers Place: Axbridge, St John the Baptist Location: Nave - boss; choir stalls; crossing - capitals Date: C15th Source: CH Place: Banwell, St Andrews Church Location: Bosses, Nave Capitals etc approx 25 green men located Date: ? Source: Rex Harris Place: Barwick, St Mary Magdalene Location: Choir stalls - bench ends (fine) Date: 1530-50 Source: CH Verified by Sean Breadin Place: Batcombe, St Mary Location: Font (1483-1529); rood loft door - spandrel C15 Date: C15th-16 Source: CH Place: Bath Abbey Location: Pew ends, chancel roof bosses Date: Unknown Source: COTGM Place: Bath, Our Lady Help of Christians Location: Church is English decorated style, built 1881 4 green men on the third capital from the east Date: ? Source: CH Place: Beckington, St George Location: Chancel arch - corbel Date: ? Source: CH Place: Bicknoller, St George Location: Bench ends (1520-30) Porch memorial (damaged but see rubbing in church) Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Bishops Lydeard, St Mary Location: Bench ends Date: 15th Century Source: KB, CH, COTGM Verified by Vanessa Piggott Place: Bradford on Tone, St Giles Location: Wall memorial Date: ? Source: CH Place: Brent Knoll, St Michael Location: Bench ends; supporting Virgin on tower - corbel? Date: ? Source: CH Place: Bridgewater, St Mary and St John Location: South transept - Jacobean screen Date: ? Source: CH Place: Bristol Ash Road Location: One above front door of private house Date: ? Source: C Walton Place: Bristol, St John the Baptist (Broad St Bristol) Location: Crypt (2+) Foliate mask over the window at the NW of the crypt, double skull concealed amongst foliage on a ceiling boss at the East End Date: Unknown Source: R Ireland (The Churches Conservation Trust) Place: Bristol, St Marks (College Green) Location: Various including External and internal back to back capitals; choir stalls - arm rest, James memorial (1685) Date: ? Verified by C Walton Place: Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe Location: Roof boss, stained glass, corbel, several carvings in St John’s Chapel, foliate skull on Sandford & Challoner memorial (c 1747) Date: 14th Century Source: KB, CH Verified by C Walton Place: Bristol St Stephens Avenue (Subway) Location: Many Date: ? Source: C Walton Place: St Stephen Location: Reported but location not known (closed during recent visit) Date: ? Source: CH Place: Bristol 112 Stackpool Road ST579717 Location: Two green men on exterior in brick Date: Late 19th Century ? Sighting added by Jerry Bird Place: Bristol Birch Road ST577718 Location: Five green men on 4 houses carved in Bath stone Date: Late 19th Century ? Source: Jerry Bird Place: Bristol, Stoke Bishop, Combe Lane Location: Stone head on blocked up gateway Date: ? Source: Matt Rogers
Location: Various (many) including Elder Lady Chapel Berkeley tomb - bosses, Elder lady Chapel arcade - spandrel, Choir - misericord, Choir North aisle tomb - green skull (1737), Sacristy south side - twisted leaves with eyes (sacristy closed at time of visit) Date: ? Verified by C Walton Place: Bristol, Guinea Street, number 12 Location: White painted keystone over window Date: 1710 Source: CH Place: Broomfield, All Saints Location: North arcade - capital; monument; bench ends; gatepost Date: ? Source: CH Place: Bruton, St Mary Location: Screen inside west door (4) Date: 1620 Source: CH Place: Bruton, Sexey’s Hostpital Location: Almshouses founded by Hugh Sexey in 1632,: coat of arms has a typical monumental Green Man at the top of the cartouche above his bust, over one of the exterior doors Date: C17 Sourced and Verified by VAP Place: Brympton D’Evercy, St Andrew Location: Chancel screen - spandrels Date: ? Source: CH Place: Cheddar, St Andrew Location: Bosses, bench ends, poppyheads Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Cheddon Fitzpaine, St Mary Location: Bench ends Date: C16th Source: CH Place: Clutton, St Augustine Location: Headstone in churchyard with foliate skulls Date: ? Source: CH Place: Combe St Nicholas, St Nicholas Location: Nave - capital Date: C12th Source: CH Place: Congresbury, St Andrew Location: Nave - roof bosses Date: C15th Source: CH Place: Cothelstone, St Thomas Location: Benchends Date: ? Source: CH Place: Crewkerne, St Bartholomew Location: Chancel arch - corbels, north and south Date: ? Source: CH Place: Croscombe, St Mary Location: Nave roof - boss Date: C15thSource: CH Place: Crowcombe, Church of the Holy Ghost Location: Bench ends; roof boss Date: 16th Century Source: KB, COTGM, CH Verified by Vanessa Piggott Place: Culbone Church St Culbone? (The smallest parish church in England) Location: Various including roof bosses Date: 19th Century (roof replaced then) Source: CH Sighting verified by Jerry Bird Place: Doulting, St Aldhelm Location: Porch - boss Date: c. 1500 Source: CH Place: Dunster, St Georges Church Location: Bench ends (only one located by verifier, also a wonderful depiction of St George) Date: Unknown Source: COTGM Sighting verified by Jacqueline Ross Place: East Brent, Blessed Virgin Mary Location: Exterior, tower, niche corbel Date: ? Source: CH Place: East Coker, St Michael and All Angels Location: North Transept, reused altar panel, half green man Date: ? Source: CH Place: Glastonbury. St John Baptist Location: Lady Chapel roof boss verified, excellent leaf spewer in colour, exterior on tower arch also reports of a Green Man (or Men) on benches or panel, un-verified as yet Date: Roof Boss probably between 1922-1930 when the Lady Chapel was refurnished Source: COTGM, CH, Nick Askew Verified by C Walton Place: Glastonbury. The Courtyard Location: Ceramic Green Man in a small tunnel just before you get to “Stone age” Date: Awaiting verification but at a guess probably 1970’s-1980’s? Added by C Walton Place: Glastonbury, High Street, Lloyds Bank Location: Frieze Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Glastonbury, High Street, Halifax Building Location: Frieze Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Glastonbury, High Street, Location: Market Cross Date: ? Source: CH Verified by Nick Askew Place: Halse, St James Location: Roundel, capitals Date: 13th Century Source: KB, COTGM, CH Place: Hardington Bamplyde Location: Reported but location unknown Date: ? Source: CH Place: Hatch Beauchamp, St John the Baptist Location: Bench ends, including green bird Date: C16th Source: CH Place: Hemington, Church Location: Font Date: ? Source: CH |