All Saints Church, Nether Cerne

All Saints Church
Location Nether Cerne, Dorset, England
Coordinates 50°46′57″N 2°28′12″W / 50.78250°N 2.47000°W / 50.78250; -2.47000Coordinates: 50°46′57″N 2°28′12″W / 50.78250°N 2.47000°W / 50.78250; -2.47000
Built late 13th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Church of All Saints
Designated 26 January 1956[1]
Reference no. 401929
Location of All Saints Church in Dorset

All Saints Church in Nether Cerne, Dorset, England was built in the late 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 December 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 8 March 1973.[3]

The church and adjacent manor house are built of bands of flint and stone. Most of the church dates from the 13th century, although the tower, with its pinnacles and gargoyle, and porch were added in the 15th.[2]

The interior of the church includes a melon-shaped 12th century font, believe to date form an earlier church on the same site.[2]

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  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Nether Cerne (1216512)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
  2. 1 2 3 All Saints' Church, Nether Cerne, Dorset, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 7, retrieved 1 April 2011


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