| Church of All Saints | |
|---|---|
  Location of Church of All Saints in Somerset | |
| Location | Rodden, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°13′42″N2°17′22″W / 51.2283°N 2.2895°W Coordinates: 51°13′42″N2°17′22″W / 51.2283°N 2.2895°W |
| Built | 1640 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Church of All Saints |
| Designated | 11 March 1968 [1] |
| Reference no. | 1058893 |
The Anglican Church of All Saints in Rodden, Somerset, England, was built in 1640. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
The church was built in 1640, on the site of an earlier medieval church. [2] Although it served only a small community, the church was built on the orders of Archbishop William Laud. [3] He was an autocratic clergyman and sought to reduce the influence of Puritans, after which Laudianism is named. [4]
The church was dedicated to St Blaize,[ citation needed ] and served as a chapelry of Boyton, some 11 miles (18 km) to the south-east in Wiltshire, [5] both Rodden and Boyton being estates of the Giffard family in the 13th century. [6] The date this arrangement ended, and Rodden became a separate parish, is unclear. It is described as a chapelry in a correction note to the 1811 Census [7] but the 1831 Census Abstract states the separation occurred in 1784. [8] John Collinson, published in 1791, has Rodden as a chapelry of Boyton. [6] Another source gives the creation date of Rodden ecclesiastical parish as 1802. [9]
The church was rebuilt in a Victorian restoration in the mid-19th century. [1]
The benefice was united with that of Berkley in 1964. [10] Today the parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Standerwick, Berkley, Lullington, Orchardleigh and Rodden, which was created in 1978, within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [11] [12]
The stone building has a three-bay nave and one-bay chancel with tile roofs. The west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. [1] The majority of the interior dates from its restoration in the 19th century, but it retains its 18th-century pulpit. [1]
The church, in spite of its isolated location, continues to have services once or twice a month. [13]
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