All Saints Church, Idmiston
| All Saints Church | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Idmiston, Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°08′06″N 1°43′10″W / 51.13500°N 1.71944°W |
| Built | 12th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Church of All Saints |
| Designated | 18 February 1958[1] |
| Reference no. | 319959 |
  Location of All Saints Church in Wiltshire | |
All Saints Church in Idmiston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building[1] and is in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 April 1977, and was vested in the Trust on 29 September 1978.[3]
The church was built of flint with interspersed limestone in the 12th and 13th centuries.[1] It has a west tower with north and south asiles and a nave. The chancel has a north porch.[1]
The church was heavily restored, including the rebuilding of the upper section of the tower, by John Loughborough Pearson and Ewan Christian in 1865 to 1867. It includes a collection of mediaeval carvings, in the form of elegant corbel-heads, roof bosses, and externally in the form of fearsome gargoyles.[2] The medieval octagonal font is made of Purbeck Marble.[1] The tombs and memorials include those to the family of John Bowle who was the vicar of Idmiston in the 18th century and is known today primarily for his ground-breaking, annotated edition of the early 17th century Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.[2]
After attendance at the church dwindled, it closed and was declared redundant. It was taken into care by the Redundant Churches Fund (now the Churches Conservation Trust) in 1978.[4] The last service in the church was in 2002.[5]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England
- List of ecclesiastical restorations and alterations by J. L. Pearson
References
- ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Church of All Saints (1023956)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
- ^ a b c All Saints' Church, Idmiston, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, archived from the original on 22 September 2017, retrieved 30 October 2017
- ^ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 6, retrieved 31 March 2011
- ^ "All Saints Church, Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Idmiston Church". Idmiston Parish Council. Retrieved 2 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
Media related to All Saints Church, Idmiston at Wikimedia Commons
