Church of All Saints | |
Coordinates: | 50.8884°N -2.6213°W |
Location: | Closworth, Somerset, England |
Designation1: | Grade II* listed building |
Designation1 Offname: | Church of All Saints |
Designation1 Date: | 19 April 1961 |
Designation1 Number: | 1057233 |
The Church of All Saints in Closworth, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The church was built in the 13th century and added to in the 15th. It underwent a Victorian restoration in 1875.[1]
The parish is part of the Coker Ridge benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[2]
The hamstone building has clay tile roofs. It consists of a four-bay nave and single-bay chancel. The four-stage west tower is supported by angle buttresses.[1]
Inside the church are a 17th-century wooden pulpit and 15th century octagonal font.[1]
In the churchyard is the shaft from a 15th-century hamstone cross.[3]
Thomas Purdue, of the famous Purdue bell-founding family, is buried in the churchyard.[4]