Church of All Saints, East Pennard

Church of All Saints
All Saints church, East Pennard - geograph.org.uk - 1025320.jpg
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city East Pennard
Country England
Coordinates
Completed 14th century

The Church of All Saints in East Pennard, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

The tower contains a clock and five bells. They are the heaviest peal of five bells hung for English change ringing by rope and wheel.[2]

Inside the church is a Norman font and several stained-glass windows, also an altar screen and monuments of the Martines and Napiers.[1]

In 2011 fundraising was undertaken to raise the £60,000 needed to repair the roof.[3]

The parish is part of the Fosse Trinity benefice within the deanery of Shepton Mallet.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Church of All Saints". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268364. Retrieved 25 November 2006. 
  2. ^ "Heavy Bells". Aspects of Ringing. Minor Strikerz. http://www.btinternet.com/~mike.dew/heavybells.html. Retrieved 14 October 2008. 
  3. ^ "Couple unite their pedal power for church". Shepton Mallet Journal. 9 June 2011. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Couple-unite-pedal-power-church/story-12740325-detail/story.html. Retrieved 26 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "All Saints, East Pennard". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/east-pennard-all-saints/. Retrieved 26 September 2011.