Church Of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. A Medieval Church.
Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- outer-bailey-gilt
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is an Anglican church located in Aisholt, with origins dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries, along with some 16th-century work and a late 19th-century restoration. It is constructed of random rubble and features slate roofs with coped verges and finials. The church comprises a nave, a chancel with a north vestry, a south aisle with a south porch, and a west tower. The architectural style is Perpendicular.
The tower is embattled and has two stages, diagonal buttresses, a stair turret, and two-light bell-chamber windows, along with a clock and a three-light west window. The nave has three bays with two and three-light square-headed windows. The aisle is gabled with two bays, diagonal buttresses, a two-light pointed head window, and a three-light square-headed window. The single bay chancel features 19th-century fenestration and a three-light east window, while the vestry is also gabled and dates from the 19th century.
Inside, the church has a plastered interior with flagstone floors, and the chancel is adorned with an encaustic pavement. The nave has a ceiled wagon roof, while the chancel features a 19th-century wagon roof with ribs and bosses. The aisle has a plaster wagon roof, and there is a 19th-century wagon roof under the tower, also with ribs and bosses. The chancel includes moulded corbels and a two-bay arcade leading to the aisle.
Notable interior features include a 14th or 15th-century octagonal font, a medieval chest, a 14th-century piscina in the chancel, a restored 17th-century hatchment, 19th-century pews (with one earlier bench end surviving at the west end), a 19th-century pulpit, and choir stalls. There are two charity plaques by the tower arch, 17th-century memorial slabs on the nave floor, and two 19th-century wall monuments associated with the Good family of Bristol and the Reeves family of Bath, along with some 20th-century brass plaques. Fragments of 15th-century glass can be found in the west window, alongside 19th-century stained glass.
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