Church Of All Saints

Church of All Saints

This parish church, now redundant, dates from 1840 and was designed by W. A. Nicholson. It is constructed of rendered brick with green sandstone rubble, and features slate roofs with stone coped gables and cross finials.

The building comprises a west tower, nave with south porch, and chancel. A plinth runs around the entire church.

The west tower is three stages tall with diagonal buttresses. It has a pointed west window with two pointed cusped lights, panel tracery and hood mould. Above this runs a moulded string course, followed by an oculus containing a trefoil and another moulded string course. The bell openings on all four sides of the tower each have a pointed head with two pointed cusped lights, panel tracery, and an ogee-shaped hood mould with crockets, label stops and finial. The tower is topped by moulded eaves and battlements with ornate corner pinnacles featuring traceried blind panels, and a recessed octagonal spire with ornate flyers and crockets.

The north side of the nave contains three windows alternating with four two-stage buttresses crowned with ornate pinnacles. These windows have pointed heads with two pointed cusped lights, panel tracery and hood mould. The nave has moulded eaves and battlements.

The north side of the chancel has a narrow pointed window with an inner cusped pointed light, panel tracery and hood mould. The east end features two-stage angle buttresses crowned with ornate pinnacles, flanking a large pointed window with three pointed cusped lights, panel tracery and hood mould. The chancel has moulded eaves and an ornate parapet with a corbel head supporting a cross finial.

The south side of the chancel contains a single pointed cusped light with panel tracery and hood mould. The south side of the nave has two pointed windows, each with two pointed cusped lights, panel tracery and hood mould.

The gabled south porch has single ogee-headed lights in its east and west walls, and a pointed doorway with continuous chamfered surround and hood mould. It is topped by moulded eaves, an ornate parapet, finial and pinnacles. The inner doorway has a continuous chamfered surround and panelled doors.

Interior features include a tower doorway with a triangular head and broad chamfered surround with hood mould and traceried panelled door. The chancel arch is flattened triangular with a broad continuously chamfered surround, hood mould and ornate label stops. It is flanked by painted boards inscribed with the Ten Commandments. All windows and the south doorway have hood moulds and label stops.

The roof is an ornate tie beam design with richly cusped posts and carved corbels, with a royal coat of arms above the chancel arch. The interior contains 19th-century pews with poppyhead finials, including two box pews with traceried panels, one incorporating a pulpit and lectern. There are 19th-century choir stalls, an altar rail and reredos, and 19th-century stained glass including a copy of "The Light of the World" by Holman Hunt.

The church contains numerous monuments. These include: a white marble monument on a black field to Elizabeth Pearson (died 1857); a similar monument to John Pearson (died 1878); a white scroll on a grey field to Nathaniel Cartwright (died 1867); a white monument on a grey field with urn and draperies to Elizabeth Cartwright (died 1826); a white marble monument on a grey field with coat of arms to George Chaplin (died 1857); a white monument with urn and draperies on a grey field to Sarah Cartwright (died 1847); and a white oval on a black field to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Anton (died 1871). Gravestones in the nave include ones to John Waterland (died 1761), Edward Hyde (died 1740) and Daniel Hide (died 1738).

The church retains a 15th-century octagonal font with cusped panels containing shields and a moulded octagonal pedestal and base. A smaller 15th-century font or stoup stands on a tall octagonal base and pedestal with traceried panels and a bowl with rectangular quatrefoils.