Editing Winterbourne Steepleton (section)

==The church==
The parish church, dedicated to [[St Michael]], dates mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries, although the nave has [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] elements and the tower and porch are 14th-century addition.<ref name=gant/> It is a Grade I [[listed building]], having been inscribed in the register on 26 January 1956. The  west tower, nave, chancel and south porch are built of rubble-stone with dressings of stone from [[Ham Hill, Somerset]]. The roofs are slated. The tower has three stages with buttresses to the lower two, and is topped by a plain parapet. The spire was added in the 18th century and is octagonal with pinnacles at the corners. Several of the windows date from the 15th century and have pairs of cinque-foiled lights with vertical tracery between.<ref name=BLB>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-403855-church-of-st-michael-winterbourne-steepl#.V8CbAq3GD6g |title=Church of St Michael, Winterborne Steepleton |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref>