Church of All Saints | |
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Location | Sutton Bingham, Closworth, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 50°53′51″N2°38′37″W / 50.89750°N 2.64361°W |
Built | 12th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 19 April 1961 [1] |
Reference no. | 263603 |
The Church of All Saints in Sutton Bingham in the civil parish of Closworth, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th and 13th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]
The interior includes a series of 14th-century wall paintings, [2] including, in the Chancel, the Coronation of the Virgin, and several bishops and saints. There is a fine Romanesque chancel arch, shown at right. On the north wall of the nave is a portrayal of the Death of the Virgin (pictured below right). [3] [4] The murals were whitewashed during the Reformation and remained obscured until they were rediscovered in the 1860s. [5]
The small belfry contains two bells, one dates from around 1250 and the other is from 1685. [5]
The church is close to the shore of Sutton Bingham Reservoir, built in the 1950s. [6]
The church is in a joint parish with [7]