Church Of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Church.
Church Of All Saints
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church that dates back to the 12th century, with remodels in the 13th century and again in the early 16th century. The aisles were rebuilt after 1802. It is constructed from coursed and squared Doulting rubble with ashlar dressings, and features double Roman, plain, and irritation stone tile roofs. The church has a cruciform plan with a three-bay aisled nave, a west tower that includes an entrance, and a south door with a porch.
The east window and the south chancel windows showcase late 13th-century tracery, while early 14th-century reticulated windows can be found in the north and south transepts. The aisles are adorned with foliated lancets featuring folked heads in two lights and quatrefoils, topped by crenellated parapets. The three-stage tower has a carved panel above the west window, diagonal buttresses, crenellations, crocketed finials, and a small stair turret at the center of the south side.
Inside, the church is largely plastered, with a lowered ceiling in the nave. The four-centred arcades, transept arch, and chancel arch are all continuous with two-chamfered orders that lack capitals, except for the north transept arch, which is a 13th-century structure with a crudely carved face on the east respond. There are two and three-light foliated head squints flanking the chancel arch, which features a 16th-century screen restored in the 19th century. The chancel has a barrel vault from the 19th century, a cusped rere-arch to the south window that also serves as a sedile, and a trefoil-headed piscina, along with a 17th-century communion table.
The north transept contains impressive de la Mere monuments from the 14th, early 15th, and 17th centuries. The south transept features numerous monuments, including vertical ledges for members of the Sambourne family. Within the body of the church, there are medieval wall paintings on the fourth arcade and royal arms above the south door dating to 1660. Additionally, there is an 18th-century panelled pulpit and a 12th-century tub font with gadrooning and a pyramidal tester inscribed with "W.S. 1681."
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