Church Of All Saints

Church of All Saints

Parish church dating from the mid-14th and 15th centuries. The building was restored in 1843 when the roof was renewed and clerestorey windows restored. Further restoration took place in 1880, and in 1886 W. Bassett Smith carried out additional restoration work and added a vestry and organ chamber.

The church is constructed of random granite rubble with dressed stone and ashlar dressings, with plain tile and lead roofs. It comprises a west tower with spire, a nave with clerestorey, a north aisle, north porch, vestry, organ chamber, and chancel.

The 15th-century west tower has two stages and is built with a chamfered plinth and string course, coved eaves, and a crenellated parapet, with two diagonal west buttresses with setoffs and smaller irregular buttresses to the east. The first stage has a restored double lancet in a splayed opening to the west and above it a chamfered flat-headed window. To the north is a clock dial inscribed 'The Hour is Coming'. The second stage has double lancet bell openings with Y tracery and chamfered reveals on each side. Above rises a setback octagonal spire with a crocketed finial and weathercock, and two tiers of crocketed gabled lucarnes with double lancets.

The three-bay nave has a moulded eaves cornice, coped parapet, and gable. The north side has four cusped double lancet clerestorey windows with segmental pointed heads. The south side has a chamfered plinth and three buttresses with setoffs. An off-centre roll-moulded 14th-century doorway with hood mould and an 18th-century plank door is positioned on the south side, with a blocked window above it. To its right is a 19th-century Perpendicular triple lancet with panel tracery. Beyond this are two further 19th-century double lancets, the left one Decorated and the right one Perpendicular, all with hood moulds.

The four-bay north aisle has a coved eaves band and moulded parapet. At each end are gabled buttresses with cusped-headed niches and three setoffs. To the east of the porch are two 19th-century Geometrical traceried double lancets with restored hood moulds and mask stops. The west end has a 19th-century Decorated ogee triple lancet with reticulated tracery, hood mould, and mask stops.

The 19th-century north porch has a chamfered plinth and heavily moulded coped gable with kneelers and finial. The doorway has coved and roll-moulded detailing with a restored hood mould and a pair of late 19th-century cast iron gates. The inner doorway is plain double chamfered with a studded 18th-century plank door.

The lean-to vestry has a coped east end. To the north is an ogee double lancet, to its right a moulded doorway, and to the east an ogee single lancet, all with hood moulds.

The two-bay chancel has a coped east gable with two diagonal buttresses with three setoffs and a 19th-century ogee reticulated triple lancet with roll-moulded mullions and reveal and hood mould. The south side has two 19th-century Decorated ogee double lancets with roll-moulded mullions and reveals and hood mould, and an off-centre gabled lateral stack.

Interior

The interior has a 15th-century stilted segmental pointed double-chamfered chancel arch with a 20th-century panelled and glazed screen. The nave contains a four-bay north arcade of mid-14th-century date with octagonal piers and responds, moulded bases and capitals, and double-chamfered arches. The south side features a stained glass window by Clare Dawson dating to 1953. The roof is a moulded arch-braced queen-post design with traceried spandrels. The north aisle contains a 13th-century piscina at its north-east corner. The east end has a 14th-century style double-chamfered arch with a 20th-century screen and door. The roof is moulded arch-braced with traceried spandrels and crenellated corbels.

The chancel has a double-chamfered and rebated 14th-century arch with round shafts, octagonal capitals, and moulded bases. To its left is a squint with a quatrefoil opening. The north side has a 19th-century pointed opening to the organ chamber and a similar doorway with hood mould. To the east is a moulded crocketed aumbry, restored, with a finial. The east end features a traceried panelled oak reredos and an early 20th-century stained glass window. The south side has a 19th-century cusped ogee double sedilia and stained glass windows dated 1898 and 1905. The roof is 19th-century moulded arch-braced kingpost with tracery panels and an arcaded wall plate.

Fittings include an 11th-century font with a moulded round base and stem and a bowl with lobed leaf ornament. There is a 19th-century openwork traceried pulpit, benches with shaped ends, and a brass lectern. 20th-century panelled stalls and desks are also present. Memorials include two marble and slate tablets with crested aprons and scroll tops dated 1724 and undated; two large Classical marble and slate tablets from 1829 and 1836; four mid-19th-century marble and slate tablets; and a brass memorial from 1841. A notice referring to bell ringing is dated 1919.