Church Of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1964. A Medieval Church.
Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- young-vestry-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1964
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating back to the early 13th century, with significant alterations in 1764 and 1858. Constructed primarily of coursed ironstone rubble, limestone rubble, and ashlar, the church features slate roofs with stone coped gables and finials.
The west tower, rebuilt in 1764, comprises three stages separated by flat string courses, including a plinth and quoins. The west doorway features a round head, raised keystone, and a 20th-century plank door. A round opening is present on the south side. Above the west doorway is a blocked opening bearing the inscription "1754," commemorating the demolition of the medieval south aisle and the original west tower, and the subsequent completion of the present tower in that year. Single slit openings are located on the north and south sides of the second stage, while the bell openings on all four sides are plain, round-headed openings with chamfered sides. Moulded eaves, corner gargoyles, a parapet, and ornate corner pinnacles complete the tower’s exterior.
The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1858, featuring a plinth running continuously around the building. A single-stage angle buttress marks the northwest corner of the nave. The north aisle's north side features a three-light pointed window and a 19th-century porch to the east, with squat angle buttresses and a double-chamfered pointed doorway under a coped gable. The porch’s interior contains a chamfered pointed doorway with a plank door. Two windows are located to the east of the porch, each with two pointed cusped lights under a flattened triangular head. A two-stage diagonal buttress is situated to the east. The north side of the chancel has two pointed windows, each with two cusped and pointed lights and a quatrefoil above. These are divided by a two-stage buttress with further two-stage angle buttresses. The east end features a string course below a pointed window of three lights with an oculus containing cusped mouchettes and a hood mould. The northeast corner of the chancel has two-stage angle buttresses. The south side of the chancel is plain, with a corbel table. The south side of the nave has three windows, each a cluster of pointed lights with round-headed relieving arches above, alternating with four two-stage buttresses. A corbel table sits above.
Inside, the early 13th-century north arcade consists of three bays with barely pointed double-chamfered heads, broaches where they spring from abaci, and simple heads in the spandrels. The responds and piers are polygonal, with plain capitals, except for the eastern respond, which has a broken volute capital. A 19th-century chancel arch features polygonal responds and a heavily moulded pointed head. There is a late 13th-century sedilia in the south wall of the chancel, featuring three cusped and pointed heads with ornate crocketed gables and heads. Late 19th-century wooden roofs are supported by stone corbels. A 13th-century drum font rests on a 19th-century base with traceried arcading and shields in the spandrels. Also present are a 19th-century organ loft, 20th-century pews, altar and altar rail, an 18th-century hatchment, and three small 19th-century monuments. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present within the roof structure.
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