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Church of All Saints

A Grade I Listed Building in Nunney, Somerset

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  • All Saints: cruciform church overlooking Nunney Castle; c14 but much restored

  • All Saints: late c15 tower of three stages, diagonal buttresses, crocketed pinnacles; Somerset tracery

  • All Saints: nave & c.1375 north arcade of double chamfered arches without capitals; chancel rebuilt 1874

  • All Saints: set of effigies to various lords of the manor assembled in the nineteenth century

  • All Saints: John de la Mare, builder of the castle, d.1383, or his son Philip, founder of chantry

  • All Saints: John Paulet of Nunney, d.1437, & wife Constance (Poynings); emblazoned with de la Mare lions

  • All Saints: John Paulet of Nunney, d.1437; Lancastrian SS collar

  • All Saints: Constance Poynings, d.1442, wife of John Paulet, later married Henry Greene of Drayton

  • All Saints: Richard Prater & wife; purchased manor in 1577

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Entry Name: Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 27 November 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1058297

English Heritage Legacy ID: 266796

ID on this website: 101058297

Location: All Saints' Church, Nunney, Somerset, BA11

County: Somerset

District: Mendip

Civil Parish: Nunney

Built-Up Area: Nunney

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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