Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating back to the 11th century, with significant additions and alterations in the early 13th century, the late 13th century, and the late 14th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings, with brick to the belfry, and features lead and slate roofs.

The church comprises a 5-stage west tower, a 3-bay aisled nave with a south porch, a 3-bay chancel, and a 2-bay north chapel. The tower is embraced by a westward extension to the aisles and has a Romanesque window to the west wall on its bottom stage. The 4th stage features 2-light pointed belfry openings with mid-wall shafts in round openings with hoodmoulds, while the 5th stage contains C18 belfry openings replicating those below. A crenellated parapet tops the tower, adorned with eight crocketed pinnacles. The nave displays a moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses, and two 3-light windows with Perpendicular tracery within 4-centred arches. A pointed double-chamfered south door provides entry, and three two-light clerestory windows with cinquefoil heads and 4-centred arches are located on the north and south walls. The south porch is notable for its pointed double-chamfered arch on hollow-chamfered imposts and a floating string below a blank lancet. The chancel features a chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses, three 2-light windows with Perpendicular tracery, a priests' door, a blocked low-side window, and a five-light pointed east window. A trefoil-headed lancet remains at the east end of the north wall. Raised, coped gables are present throughout the church, with cross finials on the nave and chancel.

Inside, a pointed double-chamfered tower arch, supported by corbels and a hoodmould, leads to the nave. A C13 north arcade, raised in the late 14th century, features octagonal piers and pointed double-chamfered arches. The south arcade is similarly styled on taller bases. Herringbone masonry and side-alternate quoins are visible at the south-west corner of the early nave. A squint from the south aisle provides a view into the chancel. The north chapel displays a 2-bay arcade with cylindrical piers, nail-head ornament to the round abaci, and pointed double-chamfered arches. A pointed double hollow-chamfered arch connects the chapel to the north aisle. A C11/C12 unornamented tub font and a mediaeval grave slab with a foliated cross are also present. The chancel’s south wall sits approximately 1.5 meters south of the 11th-century nave’s south wall, while the north chancel wall aligns with the nave’s north wall.