Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church with origins in the 14th and 15th centuries, primarily visible in the tower and north aisle, undergoing substantial restoration between 1855 and 1856 by Mallinson and Healey. The church is constructed of coursed rubble with brick and sandstone ashlar dressings, covered by a Welsh slate roof.

The tower is a three-stage structure with ashlar quoins and a chamfered plinth. The west side of the tower features a three-light, pointed Perpendicular window with a double-chamfered surround on the first stage. The second stage has slit windows to the west and south, while the third stage contains two-light pointed bell openings with reticulated tracery in double-chamfered surrounds on each side, topped by a splayed footed spire.

The nave has a south porch with a double-chamfered pointed opening under a hood mould, leading to a plank door in a pointed, chamfered surround. The south side of the nave features three-light, reticulated-traceried windows in pointed, double-chamfered surrounds, with a continuous sill band. The north aisle has buttresses and three stepped, ogeed-trefoil-light windows in four-centred double-chamfered surrounds. A straight-headed, two-cinquefoil-light window is located at the west end of the aisle.

The chancel is lower and narrower, comprising three bays. The south side of the chancel has a buttressed elevation, and the second bay holds a pointed plank priest’s door in a moulded surround under a hood mould with head stops. To the right of the door is a trefoiled niche for a statue under a hood mould with head stops. The remainder of the south side features two-light windows with reticulated tracery in double-chamfered surrounds under hoodmoulds with face stops. The north side of the chancel contains a vestry in the first bay, with a two-trefoiled-light window to the east. Continuous moulded sill bands run across the north side and up the buttresses. The east end has a three-light pointed window in a double-chamfered surround under a hood mould.

Inside, a double-chamfered, pointed tower arch leads to the north aisle, which contains a 19th-century, three-bay double-chamfered pointed arcade on octagonal piers with moulded capitals and bases. A double-chamfered pointed chancel arch rests on moulded corbels with face stops. An octagonal font, decorated with quatrefoils, also dates to the 19th century. The building has stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.