Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church located in Ellerton, Aughton, with origins dating back to the late 12th century. It features an early 13th-century arcade and a Perpendicular tower, with a north aisle added in the 18th century and restoration work carried out in the 19th century. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, with a brick north aisle and chancel, and has a plain tile roof.

The west tower is three stages high and is supported by diagonal stepped buttresses that feature grotesque figures. It has a plain five-light west window. On the south side, there is a row of relief shields and an illegible inscription dated 1536, with a three-light square-headed window beneath a hoodmould. Each face of the tower has two-light square-headed belfry openings, except for the east side, which has a triple trefoil-headed lancet window. The tower is topped with an embattled parapet and four pinnacles.

The nave's south side has been much restored and includes a round-headed south door with two roll-moulded orders to the soffit, supported by responds with scalloped capitals, primarily the work of restorers. To the left of the door are 19th-century paired lancets, while to the right is a largely original three-light square-headed cinque-cusped window and a 19th-century lancet, with a reset sundial, likely from the 18th century, positioned between them. A 12th-century band at half height is interrupted by later openings. The north side of the nave features three two-light casements with leaded lights and stone coping on the east gable. The chancel has a small fixed window on the south side and a truncated brick arch of three orders, likely from the 16th century, on the north side. The east end has been completely rebuilt and includes a two-light round-headed fixed window with leaded lights.

Inside, the church features a pointed arcade on round piers with octagonal capitals. There is a 19th-century replica of a Norman chancel arch with beakhead and zigzag detailing. The early 18th-century chancel rail is adorned with turned balusters. A brass commemorates Sir Richard Aske and his wife Margaret, who both died in 1460. Additionally, there is a Norman tub font featuring blind round-arched interlocking arcading.