Church Of All Hallows

Church of All Hallows

This is a church with origins dating to around 1200, when the arcades were built. The structure is predominantly 15th-century work, though the chancel was rebuilt in 1897 and the north aisle and chapel were rebuilt in 1850. The church was restored between 1886 and 1890 by J. B. Mitchell-Withers. The building is constructed of ashlar sandstone with lead roofs and is designed in the Perpendicular style.

The exterior comprises a west tower, a three-bay aisled nave with a south porch, and a three-bay chancel with a south chapel that overlaps the aisle by two bays, plus a north organ chamber and vestry. The tower features a chamfered plinth and moulded band, with a stair-turret door on the south side. Offset angle buttresses flank a 19th-century three-light west window with a head-stopped hoodmould. String courses run below and above a west clock, and pointed two-light belfry openings with louvres and hoodmoulds are present. Gargoyles on the north and south sides sit beneath an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles.

The nave has a 19th-century gabled porch at the first bay with pointed outer and inner doors. The second and third bays are flanked by buttresses and contain three-light windows with hollow-chamfered surrounds beneath Tudor arches and renewed tracery, with a string course beneath the embattled parapet. Three clerestorey windows are present with a parapet matching the aisle. The north aisle contains two 19th-century Romanesque windows with zig-zag ornament and two clerestorey windows matching the south side, alongside a tall ashlar stack adjacent to the tower.

The chancel chapel windows match those of the aisle and flank a 19th-century pointed priest's door with a hoodmould. The third chancel bay contains a chamfered lancet window in rubble walling. Diagonal buttresses flank a 19th-century three-light east window in Decorated style, while the aisle east windows are also in the same style, with that on the left featuring reticulated tracery. A flat-topped addition extends to the north.

Internally, the tower arch and vault are 19th-century work. The north arcade features cylindrical piers with octagonal capitals supporting two-order round arches with light chamfers, while south aisle piers are similar but their arches are pointed and double-chamfered. The 15th-century roof has cambered tie beams, moulded purlins and carved bosses. The south aisle roof dates to the 17th century and retains some bosses. A 19th-century chancel arch is present. Two 15th-century double-chamfered arches lead into the south chapel with crenellated imposts and pier; a trefoil-headed piscina and pointed-arched recess are truncated by the priest's door.

The fittings include an octagonal font with corner shafts and arcading surmounted by a Jacobean cover. A fine carved pulpit, lectern and screen were created by Carlo Scarselli of Florence between 1877 and 1880. Royal arms of George II hang in the north aisle, with two benefaction boards in the south aisle. A wrought-iron screen from the 16th or 17th century stands in the east bay of the south chapel arcade, whilst another screen at the east end of the north aisle is said to have come from Kiveton Park.

The stained glass includes south clerestorey windows said to date to the 16th century, a west window of 1876 by J. F. Bentley, and an east window of around 1898 by Kempe and Tower. A south window was created by Ulisse de Matteis of the Florence firm Francioni in 1884, and another was made to a design by Holiday through Powell in 1874.

The monuments include a black and white marble tomb chest to Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds (died 1721), positioned behind a screen at the east end of the north aisle beneath an 18th-century round arch with keystone, and a nearby tomb chest to Hugh Serlby. On the chancel north wall is a marble monument to Lady Margaret Osborne (died 1624), featuring a kneeler in a recess facing right, flanked by columns and draped figures, with an open pediment topped with finials and arm bearers.