All Saints Church, Burton Dassett
The parish church of All Saints, Dassett. This is one of the finest churches in South Warwickshire. It was built in the Medieval period, with alterations in the 13th Century, with the west tower added in the 14th. The church is situated on the slopes of Church Hill.
1 Stands on a hillside which rises considerably from W to E. Chancel, nave, N and S transepts and aisles, N porch and W tower. This is one of the finest churches in S Warwickshire. In early to mid 12th century it had only a chancel and short aisleless nave. The two E angles remain in place together with N and S doorways. In 13th century a great scheme of enlargement was begun. The chancel was remodeled and N and S transepts added. Later in the century the chancel was extended and the N and S aisles added. The W tower was added in the first half of C14 and the nave clearstory early in 15th century. Restorations occured in 1888-9 and 1936. There was a priest, implying a church, at Dassett in 1086.
2 Listing description.
3 Built of local limestone. Architectural history given (as in Source 1). Features of particular interest include 13th century corbel stones in roof of N aisle, which carved with animals and foliage. Fragments of wall painting also survive.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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Can we go inside the all saints burton dasset church
Hi, you certainly can. I visited the church myself just a couple of weeks ago. It’s a very interesting building!
According to legend, Oliver Cromwell is said to have climbed to the top of the steeple when he was trying to find his way to the battle of Edgehill.
Source: “Cromwell our Chief of Men” by Antonia Fraser
I have just found out that my 5x grandparents were married a t All Saints in 1740.
The pictures of the church are wonderful.
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