Church Of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1966. A Medieval Church.
Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- western-chimney-jet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church, primarily dating from the Decorated period of the 14th century, although the chancel is of earlier Early English origin. The church is constructed of coursed and squared limestone, with random rubble used in the chancel, and has plain tiled roofs.
The church comprises a west tower and spire, a nave with a north aisle, and a chancel. The three-stage west tower is buttressed; the west wall features an oculus with a fluted inner ring, and a shouldered arched doorway with a two-light foiled window above it on the south wall. The tower also has two-light windows and bell chamber lights. A corbel table incorporates carved heads. The broach spire has two tiers of lucarnes and stumps of pinnacles on its angles, two of which remain against the south porch. A Victorian south porch and inner shafted doorway are present. The north aisle windows have renewed Decorated reticulated tracery.
The chancel is built of uncoursed small rubble, with a blocked chamfered lancet to the south, and a five-light Decorated East window. A blocked almost round-headed window is found in the north wall, and another possible opening is largely concealed by a buttress. The north aisle has buttresses with gablets and Decorated tracery to its windows, and a blocked north door with an ogee head.
Internally, a wide west tower arch is chamfered, with four sections supported by semi-octagonal responds. A four-bay arcade leads to the north aisle, with slender octagonal shafts supporting double chamfered arches. The roof is a Victorian scissor braced rafter style. All windows are set in shafted embrasures, mostly with foliate capitals. A Victorian chancel arch is formed on short corbel shafts carrying angel heads. Victorian fittings include a solid stone pulpit in the arch, encaustic floor tiles and ornate wood altar rails. Stained glass from around 1860 is present in the south aisle, featuring small medallions depicting miracle stories against a patterned background.
A memorial alabaster slab commemorates Thomas Corbett, "Servant Sure in Pantry's Rule" to Henry VIII, and the father of 21 children. The slab depicts the figure with a long inscription and detailed background decoration of chevrons and vine scroll. Two fonts are present: one is octagonal Victorian, and the other is 14th century, also octagonal, with a canted basin and ribs.
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