Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating back to the 12th century, with significant additions and alterations in the 14th century, an early 18th-century restoration, and a 19th-century refurbishment. It comprises a west tower, nave, north aisle, chancel, and vestry. The construction is primarily of roughly dressed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, topped with slate roofs featuring coped gables, the eastern gable having kneelers. Quoins and a chamfered plinth are also visible.

The early 18th-century west tower is square, with rounded and chamfered plinths. Its west face features a small round-headed window above a smaller window, along with embedded medieval architectural fragments within the walling. Each face is punctuated by a single pointed arched bell opening with plain ashlar surrounds, surmounted by 19th-century moulded ashlar battlements and four corner pinnacles. The north aisle has a central pointed arched doorway with double doors, flanked by single pointed arched windows with Y tracery. The 19th-century vestry boasts moulded ashlar battlements; its east front includes a single, two-light flat-headed window with tracery. The chancel’s north wall features a small priests' door, while the east wall contains a three-light pointed arched window with reticulated tracery and a hood mould, flanked by single Gothic arched wall tablets—the one to the right commemorating Edward Clarke (1853). A pointed arch window with Y tracery is present on the south wall of the chancel. The nave’s south wall houses two, three-light pointed arched windows with reticulated tracery and hood moulds.

Inside, the north arcade has two plain round arches, leading to a later pointed and double-chamfered arch which blends into the imposts. The chancel arch is round, with three orders of colonnettes, the outer arch displaying a zig-zag mould. The chancel features a priests' doorway with chamfered lintel and jambs, and a double-chamfered and pointed arch leading to a chapel. A stone font features an octagonal bowl supported on four corner columns and a moulded octagonal stem. The interior includes plaster ceilings – that of the nave is supported by wooden beams and stone corbels. A 19th-century wooden organ loft is situated to the west. The church also contains an 18th-century wooden panel pulpit, a turned baluster altar rail, and 19th-century wooden pews, some with surviving 18th-century dado panelling. Other fixtures include five hatchments, a plaster royal coat of arms over the chancel arch, two canvas commandment boards, and various marble wall tablets, primarily dedicated to the Sibthorpe family.