All Saints Church, Otterhampton

All Saints Church
Location Otterhampton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°10′59″N 3°04′47″W / 51.18306°N 3.07972°W / 51.18306; -3.07972Coordinates: 51°10′59″N 3°04′47″W / 51.18306°N 3.07972°W / 51.18306; -3.07972
Built 14th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of All Saints
Designated 29 March 1963[1]
Reference no. 268930
Location of All Saints Church in Somerset

All Saints Church in Otterhampton, Somerset, England, overlooks the River Parrett. The church dates from the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1988, and was vested in the Trust on 2 August 1989.[3]

A church was established on the site in the 12th century, was valued at £5 in 1291,[4] although the current building largely dates from the 14th. The Perpendicular west tower was added later and has an Elizabethan bell-frame with 4 bells, one of which dates from the 16th century and two others are dated 1617 and 1737.[1] The original dedication was to Saint Peter, however it was later renamed All Saints.[5]

The interior includes a Norman font with a Jacobean cover, a screen from the 16th century, and 17th-century communion rails. It was closed in 1988,[6] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Otterhampton (1344927)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
  2. ↑ All Saints' Church, Otterhampton, Somerset, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. ↑ 'Otterhampton: Church', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 108-109. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18584 Date accessed: 25 July 2010
  5. ↑ "Historic Churches in Somerset". Britain Express. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions". Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "All Saints, Otterhampton". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
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