Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is an Anglican church dating back to the 12th century, with a perpendicular tower, alterations in 1803 to the aisle and nave windows, and a chancel remodelled in 1877. It is constructed of ashlar gritstone with coped gables, and has leaded, tiled, and slated roofs.

The church comprises a three-stage perpendicular tower with stepped diagonal buttresses terminating at the bell stage, marked by moulded strings. Crenellations run along a moulded string above, with 19th-century crocketed pinnacles at the tower corners. Narrow slit windows illuminate the tower stair. A 2-light west window features rectilinear tracery beneath a pointed segmental arch. A gabled south porch has a semi-circular headed doorway arch with a keyblock and double three-panel doors. The south aisle rises in five bays from a plain plinth, with a cill band and semi-circular headed windows framing projecting keyblocks. A moulded cornice sits above a shallow plain parapet. The clerestory features five semi-circular headed windows beneath an eaves cornice, topped by a shallow parapet.

The three-bay chancel rises from a two-stage moulded plinth, with shallow diagonal buttresses to the east end. 2-light side wall windows have restored cinquefoil heads beneath deeply chamfered lintels; the two windows to the east end are coupled, with a major mullion between them. A shallow ogee headed priest’s door is situated between the windows, with a hoodmould featuring carved stops. The coupled 2-light east window has a restored hoodmould also with stops. A vestry is located on the north wall of the chancel, with a plain pointed doorway and a semi-circular headed window to the north wall. The five-bay north aisle mirrors the south aisle, with semi-circular headed windows and a cornice topped with a shallow parapet. The clerestory windows match those on the south side.

Inside, a stepped and chamfered pointed tower arch is carved with shields at its base. Five-bay nave arcades have pointed arches springing from circular columns with simply moulded capitals; two capitals on the north arcade are decorated with nail head ornament. A keeled respond is at the west end of the north arcade, while the south end features a restored arch and a respond mirroring the chancel archway. The chancel archway has a stepped and hollow chamfered pointed arch on half-octagonal responds. A Romanesque drum font sits on a 20th-century pedestal at the north end of the nave. A plain aumbry recess is on the chancel north wall, and the south wall has an ogee headed recess with trefoil sub-cusping and flanking pilasters. Wall monuments commemorate Immanuel Halton, d1699, and William Harris, d1631. Additional monuments in the chancel east wall are dedicated to the Revd Miles Halton, d1792, and Immanuel Halton, d1784.