Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1967. A C11, C13, C14, C15 and C19 Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- little-cinder-reed
- Grade
- I
- 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, Church Lane, Coleby
- OS grid reference
- SK 975 605
- Coordinates
- 53.13357, -0.54383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church that dates from the 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features leaded roofs. The west tower is of Saxon origin, with a later 11th-century bell chamber and 15th-century bell openings, along with battlements, pinnacles, and a spire. There are two small 11th-century openings, while the west door and windows are from the 15th century.
The nave contains three 15th-century clerestorey windows and has a parapet above. The north aisle features two rectangular 15th-century transom and mullioned windows with carved hood-mould stops. The chancel, dating from the 13th century, has lancets that are stepped to the east, a finely carved corbel table, and a small 19th-century vestry. The south aisle is also from the 13th century and originally included a two-storey porch to the west, which protects a notable 11th-century doorway. This doorway has two orders of shafts, capitals with leaf decoration, and an outer arch with lozenge chains and an inner arch with a roll.
Internally, the tower arch is from the 11th century but has a 15th-century arch fitted in for reinforcement. The north arcade consists of two bays with round arches supported by a sturdy pier with a scalloped capital and a square abacus, featuring a billet in the hood-mould. The south arcade has 13th-century arches with stiff leaf capitals and double chamfered arches. The chancel arch is pointed but has a late Norman square abacus. The chancel itself is from the 13th century and originally included a north transept chapel and a south one from the 14th century, but only the arches of these chapels remain. The piscina and double sedilia are both from the 13th century, though the hood-moulds were renewed in the 19th century. The font is from the 11th century and features interlocking arches. The pews, fitted in the 19th century, were brought from Hackthorn Church and have fine carved poppy heads. There is also a wall monument from 1734. The church was carefully restored by F. C. Penrose in 1864, and the tower was restored in 1901.
Local climate
Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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