Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1967. Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
carved-threshold-solstice
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of All Saints, the Green, Nocton
OS grid reference
TF 060 641
Coordinates
53.16371, -0.41495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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.

Local climate

Church of All Saints receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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