Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building located in Wold Newton. The church features a nave that dates back to the 12th century, with a chancel added in 1850, a north aisle constructed in 1857, and a south porch and bell turret from the 19th century. The nave has an ashlar lead roof, while the other sections have slate roofs and timber framing.

The nave consists of four bays and includes a bell turret and a south porch, along with a two-bay chancel. The nave has a chamfered plinth, and the south door from the 12th century features nook-shafts adorned with scallops and wheels, flanked by a partridge on the left and a wheel on the right. The imposts are decorated with cable and lozenge ornamentation, supporting a round arch with an inner order that has roll-moulding and saltire crosses, and an outer chamfered order with billet ornament. The tympanum showcases chequer decoration enclosing a Maltese cross, with three discs and a circle in the upper left and right quadrants.

To the right of the door is a three-light window with curvilinear tracery, while to the left are two-light windows featuring Perpendicular tracery. There is also a round-headed lancet window at a higher level on the extreme right. The church has raised coped gables with shaped kneelers, and the lower chancel is characterized by heavy quoining. The south door is set in a pointed stone surround, flanked by a pointed lancet window to the left and a two-light window with Perpendicular tracery under a hood-mould to the right.

The east end features a three-light window with Perpendicular tracery beneath a segmental head and a hood-mould, with a datestone from 1850 above it. The north aisle extends the full length of the church and includes five round-headed windows in Romanesque style, with a raised coped gable and shaped kneelers. The bell turret is topped with a pyramidal roof and a cross finial, while the south porch is made of reused stone and has a raised coped stone gable with kneelers.

Inside, the north arcade from 1857 is supported by cylindrical piers on round moulded bases, with octagonal capitals and abaci that hold semicircular arches of two orders, featuring deep roll-mouldings. The church also contains a 12th-century tub font decorated with a zig-zag and palmette band, as well as a plait band. The rebuilt round-headed chancel arch includes 12th-century nook-shafts with scallops and lozenges. Additionally, the interior displays the Royal Arms from 1713 and 1839, and the north aisle features box pews from 1839, although the doors have been removed.