- Church of All Saints, Wrington
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Church of All Saints 
Location within SomersetGeneral information Town or city Wrington Country England Coordinates 51°21′40″N 2°45′57″W / 51.3610°N 2.7658°W Completed 13th century The Church of All Saints in Wrington, Somerset, England has 13th-century foundations, and was remodelled with the addition of a west tower around 1450. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
Wickham dates the church to the period from 1420 to 1450,[2] and Freeman described it as "one of the "highest achievements of architectural genius".[3] The tower was completed around 1449.[4]
The church was restored in 1859 with further restoration to the four-stage 113.5 feet (35 m)[5] tower in 1948.[1] The tower has set-back buttresses which develop into crocketted pinnacles at the top stage. The top displays moulded string courses and a trefoil pierced triangular parapet with gargoyles and corner pinnacles. The belfry stair is in the south-east turret.
The interior includes stone busts to John Locke and Hannah More dating from the early 19th century on either side of the door. The chancel has Gothic reredos by Charles Barry dating from 1832. The rood screen is from the 16th century.
See also
- List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset
- List of towers in Somerset
References
- ^ a b "Church of All Saints". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=34023. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ Wickham, Archdale Kenneth (1965). Churches of Somerset. London: David & Charles.
- ^ Brereton, R. P (1904). "Somerset Church Towers". The Archaeological Journal (Somersetshire Archaeological Society at Gillingham) lxii. 60 collotypes prepared for a planned monograph are in the British Museum, Add. MSS. 37260-3, were published by the Society..
- ^ Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 0861275020.
- ^ "Description of the church". All Saints Wrington. http://www.wringtonsomerset.org.uk/allsaints/description.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
External links
Categories:- Church of England churches in North Somerset
- 13th-century architecture
- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
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