Church of All Saints

Parish church. The building dates from the early 12th century, 13th century, late 14th century and late 15th century. It was extended in 1963-1964 by the architects Naylor, Sale & Widdows. The pre-20th-century structure is built of sandstone ashlar and rubble, with the 20th-century extension constructed of coursed sandstone with concrete dressings. The roofs are covered in lead and slate.

The original church comprises a west tower, nave, lower chancel, north aisle, south porch, and north-east Hunloke Mausoleum. A large 20th-century extension containing a new nave extends northwards at right angles from the earlier north aisle.

The west tower is of three stages with angle buttresses and a lead pyramid roof set behind embattled parapets with gargoyles. The bell openings consist of two lights under pointed arches with Perpendicular tracery. The west window has three lights under a Tudor-arched head, with a stair doorway to its right. On the south side is a sundial dated 1770.

The south nave wall displays rubble stonework below and ashlar at clerestory level above a mullioned window of three cusped lights under a flat head. Above this is a 18th-century window with a plain stone surround, formerly lighting a gallery. To the east of the porch are two mullioned windows with flat heads: the left-hand one has three trefoiled ogee lights and the right-hand one has two trefoiled lights. Above are three clerestory windows, each of two cinquefoiled lights. To the right of the porch is a blocked round-arched doorway. The 19th-century porch is built of ashlar with embattled parapets. The outer chamfered archway is pointed and the gable parapet above is curved to follow the line of the arch. The inner porch doorway has a round arch with an outer roll-moulded order and with angle shafts bearing fluted capitals.

The chancel was extensively restored in the mid-19th century, but three chamfered lancet windows from around 1200 remain in the south wall. To the right of the left-hand window is a 19th-century chamfered pointed doorway. The east window has three lights with chamfered mullions under a flat head. At the north-east side, the Hunloke Mausoleum now functions as a vestry and includes a doorway with a lintel inscribed 'HH 1783'. The 20th-century extension is lit by long horizontal windows in the east and west walls, divided by concrete mullions.

Interior: The internal walls are whitewashed and the floor is covered by sandstone flags. The tower arch is pointed and chamfered, with the inner order having corbels as responds. The outline of a round archway can be seen in the masonry of the south wall. The three-bay north arcade has round arches with an outer square order and inner chamfered order springing from round piers and semicircular responds, all with simply moulded capitals. Some traces of wall painting are visible on the west arch, consisting of red scrollwork on a blue background. The three northern clerestory windows are visible internally, each displaying two cinquefoiled lights. The open boarded timber nave roof has a very shallow pitch and features exposed rafters, purlins, and tie beams with king posts.

The chancel archway has a depressed plastered round arch with sandstone reveals and plain imposts. The soffit of the arch is decorated with late 12th-century wall painting showing roundels containing the head of Christ and four saints. To the north of the arch is a squint. Above is a timber rood canopy with embattled top beam and carved bosses at the intersections of its ribs. The rood stairs from the north aisle remain. The inner lintel of the east chancel window is of oak and has a central carved head of a green man. The 19th-century roof contains two bolted king-post trusses. A wide and shallow segmental archway opens from the original north aisle into the 20th-century nave, which is of six bays divided by concrete arches.

The plain cylindrical sandstone font appears to be Norman, though it is re-set on a later base. Set into the floor at the east end of the chancel is the recumbent effigy of a priest from around 1200. Set into the chancel window to the right of the altar are fragments of Flemish glass said to be from the 14th century.