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All Saints

Monk Sherborne

Hampshire

Church of St John) II The Church shall be upgraded to" GRADE I" ------------------------------------ SU 65 NW MONK SHERBORNE 5/58 26.4.57 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (formerly listed as Church of St John) II Circa 1140, C14, 1851, 1887

Architectural Features

Norman aisleless nave with a short chancel, small C19 vestry, and restoration timber bell turret

The chancel has fragments of early work (suggestion of former apse end to the east wall), including filled windows, with C14 traceried and cusped windows

The nave windows are varied but old, and the north door is Norman with chevron decoration

Fittings include a pulpit of 1651, C17 pews, a round C13 font on 3 new shafts, a C17 communion rail (at the west end) associated with a C15 screen

The C14 north porch is timber-framed with arched entrance, scalloped barge-boards, and tiled roof

The large bell-turret has tile-hanging, with scalloped bands, and a pyramid roof.

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