All Saints Church, Otterhampton Explained

All Saints Church
Coordinates:51.1831°N -3.0797°W
Location:Otterhampton, Somerset, England
Built:14th century
Designation1:Grade II* listed building
Designation1 Offname:Church of All Saints
Designation1 Date:29 March 1963
Designation1 Number:1344927

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, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[1] It was declared redundant on 1 March 1988, and was vested in the Trust on 2 August 1989.

A church was established on the site in the 12th century, was valued at £5 in 1291,[2] 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. The original dedication was to Saint Peter, however it was later renamed All Saints.[3]

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,[4] and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: All Saints' Church, Otterhampton, Somerset. Churches Conservation Trust. 21 December 2017.
  2. '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
  3. Web site: Historic Churches in Somerset. Britain Express. 25 July 2010.
  4. Web site: West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions . 20 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101113011150/http://www.wsom.org.uk/Parreg.html. 13 November 2010 . live.
  5. Web site: All Saints, Otterhampton . Churches Conservation Trust . 2 July 2017 .