Church of All Saints, East Pennard

Church of All Saints
Stone building with square tower to left hand end. Foreground shows gravestones in grass area.
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city East Pennard
Country England
Coordinates 51°08′07″N 2°34′42″W / 51.1352°N 2.5782°W / 51.1352; -2.5782
Completed 14th century

The Church of All Saints in East Pennard, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

The tower contains a clock and five bells. They are the second heaviest peal of five bells in the world.[2]

Inside the church is a Norman font and several stained-glass windows, also an altar screen and monuments of the Martines and Napiers.[1]

The 15th century churchyard cross was restored in 1919 as a memorial to those who died in World War I.[3]

In 2011 fundraising was undertaken to raise the £60,000 needed to repair the roof.[4]

The parish is part of the Fosse Trinity benefice within the deanery of Shepton Mallet.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Church of All Saints". Images of England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  2. ↑ Harris, Brian (2006). Harris's Guide to Churches and Cathedrals: Discovering the unique and unusual in over 500 churches and cathedrals. Ebury Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0091912512.
  3. ↑ "Churchyard Cross". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Couple unite their pedal power for church". Shepton Mallet Journal. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "All Saints, East Pennard". Church of England. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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