title: Church of All Saints, Closworth
text: # Church of All Saints, Closworth
  
  The Church of All Saints in Closworth, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
  
  ## History
  
  The church was built in the 13th century and added to in the 15th. It underwent a Victorian restoration in 1875.
  
  The parish is part of the Coker Ridge benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
  
  ## Architecture
  
  The hamstone building has clay tile roofs. It consists of a four-bay nave and single-bay chancel. The four-stage west tower is supported by angle buttresses.
  
  Inside the church are a 17th-century wooden pulpit and 15th century octagonal font.
  
  In the churchyard is the shaft from a 15th-century hamstone cross.
  
  Thomas Purdue, of the famous Purdue bell-founding family, is buried in the churchyard.
  
  