Church Of All Saints

Church of All Saints, Brant Road, Bracebridge, Lincoln

This is a Grade I listed church with origins in the 11th century, substantially developed in the 13th and 14th centuries. The north aisle, north transept, vestry, and probably south porch were added or rebuilt in 1875 by J L Pearson. The tower was raised and reroofed in 1892 by C H Fowler. Further restoration work was carried out in 1895 and during the 20th century.

The building is constructed of coursed rubble and dressed stone with ashlar dressings and a plain tile roof. The roofline features coped gables with crosses. The plan comprises a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, north transept, vestry, chancel, and south porch.

The west tower, which stands in two stages, displays long-and-short quoins, a string course, a south-east buttress, and a pyramidal roof. The tower includes a round-headed doorway to the west with a round-headed light above it. The south side contains a renewed 13th-century double lancet. The bell stage features double round-headed openings on each side with round shafts and various early Romanesque capitals.

The north aisle consists of two bays. To the left is a 19th-century five-light window with a hoodmould, and to the right is a reset 11th-century blocked door. The west end has a stepped-headed 19th-century four-light window.

The south aisle spans four bays. To the right of the porch are two single plain lancets, followed by a 14th-century ogee-headed three-light window, all with hoodmoulds. The east end contains a 14th-century ogee-headed two-light window. The west end has a reset rectangular window with a small lancet above it.

The north transept gable displays two lancets. The lean-to vestry has a large stepped gabled side wall stack, flanked by a 13th-century style door and a two-light window. The east end has a transomed two-light window with a hoodmould.

The chancel extends three bays and features a stepped three-light window at the east end and three single lancets along the south side.

The decorated style south porch has a slab roof and cusped openings with shafts. Inside, it contains a rib vault and a restored 11th-century doorway with a dogtooth band.

The interior features an 11th-century tower arch with imposts and a glazed wooden screen installed in 1968. The nave arcades, of 13th-century date and rebuilt in 1875, consist of three bays with round piers bearing four ringed shafts, keeled responds, and double chamfered arches with hoodmoulds. A 19th-century arch-braced crown post roof spans the nave. The north aisle contains north and west end stained glass windows dated 1888 and a segmental pointed arch at the east end. The south aisle displays a stained glass east window from 1883 with a plain bracket to its right. The south side includes a late 19th-century stained glass east window and a chamfered 14th-century tomb recess, with a memorial window of 1917 to the west. Both aisles have 19th-century lean-to roofs with arch braces.

The north transept contains a chamfered and moulded arch to the east with a glazed wooden screen and a common rafter roof with collars.

The chancel features a narrow 11th-century arch with imposts, flanked by single large squints. The north side displays a two-bay 19th-century arcade similar to the nave arcades, with organ pipes in the left opening and a glazed wooden screen in the right. The east end holds a panelled oak reredos of approximately 1920 and a stained glass window from 1909. The south side contains an 11th-century piscina and a 13th-century pointed-trefoiled double sedilia. A 19th-century arch-braced roof with collars and spine beam covers the chancel.

Fittings include a 12th-century round font with interlaced arcading and a renewed round stem with four shafts. A 19th-century half-round traceried stone pulpit, 19th-century stalls and benches with shaped ends, a reading desk from 1917, and good late 18th-century brass chandeliers are also present.

Memorials include a late 18th-century chest tomb with enriched panelled sides, a triptych war memorial in pre-Raphaelite style of approximately 1920, and three early 20th-century tablets.