Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church dating from the 13th-15th centuries, with alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble stone with stone dressings, featuring a Swithland slate roof over the chancel and a stone porch, while the remainder of the roof is leaded and parapetted. The building comprises a west tower, nave, aisles, chancel, and a south porch.

The west tower is of three stages, dating back to the 13th century, and includes a blocked west door, a west lancet with 19th-century stained glass, north and south lancets, four bell openings with a hood mould, head frieze, and battlements. The nave incorporates a triple-chamfered nave arch. The north arcade consists of four bays from the 13th century, with double-chamfered arches on circular piers. The south arcade is early 14th century, with four bays and double-sunk quadrant-moulded arches on quatrefoil piers. A Perpendicular clerestory features four three-light windows on each side, and an 18th-century four-bay, low-pitch tie beam roof. The north aisle is buttressed, with set-offs and a part-battlemented parapet. It includes a window with Y tracery, a blocked north door, two north windows with 19th-century stained glass, and an east window also with Y tracery and 19th-century stained glass. A chancel arch incorporates part of a spiral stairway to a former rood, and a squint providing views to both aisles.

The early 14th-century chancel has windows with Reticulated tracery; those on the west side were originally ‘low-side’, while the south window’s lower section is now blocked. The east window features Intersected tracery and stained glass dating to approximately 1918, by Strachan. A fine sedilia features ogee arches and a piscina. A 14th-century tomb recess is located on the north wall, containing an alabaster tomb chest of 1556 belonging to Dr. Matthew Knightley, a former Rector. The chest has an incised top and carved sides. The chancel also contains a south door. South windows feature 19th-century stained glass. The chancel possesses a 19th-century boarded wagon roof. The south aisle has buttresses and a part-battlemented parapet, highlighted by a southeast window with Geometric tracery and stained glass from 1862. Two south windows display Y tracery, and the southwest window has restored Y tracery. A southern doorway is early 14th century, with a 19th-century porch. A round font, possibly from the 13th or 14th century, incorporates a 17th-century restored cover. A restored Perpendicular screen and pulpit are also present, alongside choir stall ends of a similar date, partially restored. Some benches display linenfold panelling from around 1500. In the north aisle, beneath the east window, is a tomb featuring a recumbent effigy of a priest, dating to approximately 1320. Within the chancel stands an alabaster wall monument dedicated to Rev. William Stavely, a former Rector, of 1652. Additional early 19th-century wall monuments, a rectangular painting of the Royal Arms from the Georgian period, and a painting from around 1700 depicting the Creed, Commandments, and Lord's Prayer, complete with portraits of Moses and Aaron (within a carved frame) are also present.