All Saints Church, Idmiston

All Saints Church in Idmiston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building[1] and is in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 April 1977, and was vested in the Trust on 29 September 1978.[3]

All Saints Church
Location	Idmiston, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates	51°08′06″N 1°43′10″W
Built	12th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Church of All Saints
Designated	18 February 1958[1]
Reference no.	319959
Location of All Saints Church in Wiltshire

The church was built of flint with interspersed limestone in the 12th and 13th centuries.[1] It has a west tower with north and south asiles and a nave. The chancel has a north porch.[1]

The church was heavily restored, including the rebuilding of the upper section of the tower, by John Loughborough Pearson and Ewan Christian in 1865 to 1867. It includes a collection of mediaeval carvings, in the form of elegant corbel-heads, roof bosses, and externally in the form of fearsome gargoyles.[2] The medieval octagonal font is made of Purbeck Marble.[1] The tombs and memorials include those to the family of John Bowle who was the vicar of Idmiston in the 18th century and is known today primarily for his ground-breaking, annotated edition of the early 17th century Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.[2]

After attendance at the church dwindled, it closed and was declared redundant. It was taken into care by the Redundant Churches Fund (now the Churches Conservation Trust) in 1978.[4] The last service in the church was in 2002.[5]