Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating to 1862, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the Countess of Ripon. It is constructed of Ancaster stone ashlar with polychromatic ashlar dressings, and has a plain tile ridge roof. The church features a northwest tower, a nave, a south aisle, a chancel, a vestry, and a south porch. A double-chamfered plinth with a moulded band runs around the base. The gables have ashlar coping with moulded kneelers and finials, and there are angle buttresses. The west front has a large nave window composed of two pairs of lancets topped with a circular foil set under a continuous hoodmould. A simpler geometric tracery window is present in the tower, which is a three-story square structure with angle buttresses, an octagonal bell chamber, and a 130-foot octagonal spire. The north front incorporates a deeply recessed pointed doorway above which is a Y-tracery window. Above this are four tall geometric tracery bell openings and four lucarnes in the spire. The nave includes three geometric plate tracery windows beneath flush relieving arches. Twin smaller windows are set into the chancel, with hoodmoulds. The east front features a window similar to that on the south chancel aisle, and a larger five-light geometric tracery window flanked by buttresses topped with crochetted pinnacles. The south gable porch has angle buttresses with canopied niches containing statues of the Apostles. A pointed recessed opening has a mandala-shaped niche above, containing a statue of Christ. The south aisle is topped with a moulded ashlar coped parapet and has a lead roof. Four clerestory lancets are set into a continuous blind arcade, with three geometric plate tracery windows beneath. Similar windows are found on the vestry and chancel aisle.

Inside, a four-bay arcade is present with moulded capitals. The church contains paintings on the chancel walls, above the chancel arch, and at the west window, as well as a painted dado on the north nave wall. A marble and alabaster reredos depicts scenes of the Crucifixion, the Deposition, and the Entombment. A square font, constructed from Caen stone on green marble columns, is also within the building. The pulpit is made from Caen, Ancaster, and red Clanfield stone, also on green marble columns. Stained glass is by Clayton and Bell. The roofs are painted wood, with contemporary wooden pews and choir stalls. An iron altar rail and encaustic tiles complete the interior. Monuments are present, notably one from 1680, possibly by William Stanton, commemorating Sir Quen Ellys; one from 1816 commemorating Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire; one from 1846 commemorating Rev H L Herbert; and a 1859 monument designed by Sir G G Scott and carved by Matthew Noble, in remembrance of the first Earl of Ripon.