All Saints Church, Woolley

All Saints Church
Location Woolley, Charlcombe, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°24′55″N 2°21′41″W / 51.41528°N 2.36139°W / 51.41528; -2.36139Coordinates: 51°24′55″N 2°21′41″W / 51.41528°N 2.36139°W / 51.41528; -2.36139
Built 1761
Architect John Wood, the Younger
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated 1 February 1956[1]
Reference no. 399026
Location of All Saints Church in Somerset

All Saints Church at Woolley in the parish of Charlcombe, Somerset, England dates from 1761 and was built by John Wood, the Younger replacing and earlier church on the site. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The church has a nave and apsidal sanctuary topped by a small bell tower with an octagonal cupola.[1] The pews were brought in from another church in Bath to replace the original box pews in 1903.[2]

Within the church is a plaque giving thanks for the safe return of all 13 men from the village who fought in World War I and 15 in World War II and all return alive, making it one of the Thankful villages.[3]

From the 1970s to 1990s the church underwent significant restoration funded by local residents and the Friends of Wooley Church.[2]

The parish is part of the benefice of Bath St Saviour with Swainswick and Woolley, within the deanery of Bath.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "All Saints Church". Images of England. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
  2. 1 2 Dunning, Robert (1996). Fifty Somerset Churches. Somerset Books. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-0861833092.
  3. ↑ "Woolley". Hellfire Corner. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "All Saints, Woolley". Church of England. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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