Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church with significant development across several centuries, dating from the 12th century through to the 16th century, with a late 19th-century restoration. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble, with ashlar detailing and some brick elements, and has slate and lead roofing with stone coped gables.

The church comprises a nave, south porch, and rectangular chancel, with a west bellcote. The west front features large, irregular quoins and a 19th-century pointed window of two lights with Y tracery. A small, late 19th-century bellcote sits atop a gable. Visible on the north aisle wall are two blocked, pointed arches from the late 12th century. A 16th-century rectangular window was inserted when the arcades were blocked. An early 13th-century pointed window, with ogee tracery, was re-set in the 16th century and restored in the 19th. Between the windows are remnants of arcade capitals; the easternmost nave arcade capital has a partly intact abacus and necking. Remnants of the north chancel arcade include fragments of an abacus. The east end has a single, 19th-century pointed window with a heavy triangular lintel. A section of the south-east corner of the chancel has been patched with red brick, and a pointed light is set within brickwork. The south side of the chancel also exhibits a remnant of a round-arched, blocked south arcade from the 17th century. A late 19th-century pointed window with tracery has been inserted to the east. A 16th-century porch with a round-headed, chamfered arch, chamfered jambs, and impost blocks is located to the west; its interior is flanked by stone benches. A re-set, late 12th-century south doorway features a round-headed arch with roll moulding, rectangular inner jambs, outer shafts, moulded impost blocks, and a 20th-century plank door.

The interior reveals three north arcade piers and south arcade piers embedded in the north and south walls, which bulge between. The north arcade has double-chamfered pointed arches. A large round pier to the west has a plain capital and moulded abaci. A cluster of three shafts in the middle has elaborately moulded abaci, and a round eastern pier has an abacus similar to that of the central pier. The south arcade has double-chamfered round arches, with a crude palmette foliage carving on the westernmost capital; the central pier has a scalloped capital, and the easternmost pier displays lobed foliage designs. The chancel arch from the 15th century has a round arch with heavy rectangular jambs, stepped back and plain impost blocks. A blocked north arcade of the chancel has a single pointed arch and part of a rectangular jamb embedded in the west wall. The nave has a plastered ceiling, while the chancel has a 19th-century timber roof. A 12th-century round font features arcade and cable decoration with beading. Early 16th-century bench ends display various ornately carved designs, alongside a 19th-century lectern.