Church of All Saints, Lopen

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Church of All Saints
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Location Lopen, Somerset, England
Coordinates 50°55′38″N2°48′59″W / 50.9271°N 2.8165°W / 50.9271; -2.8165 Coordinates: 50°55′38″N2°48′59″W / 50.9271°N 2.8165°W / 50.9271; -2.8165
Built12th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of All Saints
Designated4 February 1958 [1]
Reference no.1056994
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Location of Church of All Saints in Somerset

The Anglican Church of All Saints in Lopen, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries but most of the current fabric is from the 14th and 15th. In 1833 the north transept was added and a Victorian restoration carried out between 1874 and 1886. [1]

The parish is part of the benefice of Merriott with Hinton, Dinnington and Lopen within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [2]

Architecture

The hamstone building has slate roofs with a small bell turret containing two bells. [3] It has a three-bay nave, two-bay chancel supported by corner buttresses. [1]

Inside the church is a gallery which was added in the late 18th or early 19th century, which now houses the organ. Most of the fittings are from the 18th or 19th century but the font is from the 13th. [1] It contains a range of memorial slabs and tablets. [4] A reconstruction of a panel from the Lopen Roman Mosaic was installed in the church. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Church of All Saints". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. "All Saints". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. "All Saints Church Lopen". Lopen. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. "All Saints' Church". Mary-Jane Sue. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. "Conservation, Repair and Fabrication of Mosaics". Nicholas Durnan. Retrieved 14 January 2018.