The Church of All Saints in Sutton Bingham in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

of Closworth,

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, England, dates from the 12th and 13th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I

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Medieval wall painting All Saints Church - geograph

The interior includes a series of 14th-century wall paintings, including, in the Chancel, the

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, and several bishops and saints. There is a fine Romanesque

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, shown at right. On the north wall of the

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is a portrayal of the

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(pictured below right). The murals were whitewashed during the

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and remained obscured until they were rediscovered in the 1860s. The small belfry contains two bells, one dates from around 1250 and the other is from 1685. The church is close to the shore of Sutton Bingham Reservoir, built in the 1950s.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with *St Mary's Church, East Chinnock *

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*St Mary's Church,

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*St Roch's Church, Pendomer *All Saints' Church, Closworth * St Martin of Tours' Church, West Coker

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton Bingham, Church of All Saints 13th-century church buildings in England Church of England church buildings in South Somerset Grade I listed churches in Somerset Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset

Parish status

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