The Anglican Church of All Saints in
Ashcott
Ashcott is a small village and civil parish located in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset in the south-west of England. The village has a population of 1,186. The parish includes the hamlets of Ashcott Corner, Berhill, Buscott, Nythe and Pedwell.
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,
Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II*
listed building.
History
The church was built in the 15th century on the site of an earlier church. The building was probably carried out between 1456 and 1492 and bears the arms of
John Selwood the
Abbot of
Glastonbury Abbey at the time.
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In 1831 the nave was widened as part of a Victorian restoration.][ It has since deteriorated with the floor being damaged by water. The vestry roof needs replacing and the tower and parapets need masonry repairs. Therefore the building has been placed on the Heritage at Risk Register.
The Polden Wheel parish and ]benefice
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is within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Architecture
The church consists of a three-bay
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nave with a south porch. The two-bay chancel includes an organ loft. The two-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses.[
The south window has ]stained glass
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by Charles Eamer Kempe.[
The ]Norman
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font
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has a circular bowl on a cylindrical stem.
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Sedgemoor
Grade II* listed churches in Somerset
Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Somerset