Church Of All Saints

SO 53 SE; 1/6

BROCKHAMPTON BY ROSS CP, Church of All Saints

25.02.66

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Parish church. 1901-2 by W R Lethaby commissioned by Alice Madeleine Foster in memory of her parents, Eben D and Julia M Jordan. Coursed and squared sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, concrete vaults, thatched roof, weatherboarded cladding and tiled roof to bell tower over south porch. Nave, south porch with bell tower, crossing tower, north and south transepts, chancel. In the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Nave: 3-light square- headed window to left and similar window and further square headed light to right of south porch with bell tower over; pyramidal roof and latticed vents, two plain chamfered orders to steeply pointed-arched doorway; semicircular-headed inner doorway with moulded jambs, decorative panels above doorway of central cross with stars flanked by four flying doves; gable end of south transept to right with till square-headed window; latticed tracery with elongated quatrefoil to upper lozenge. Square and squat central tower with chevron ornament below parapet, two square headed windows with undulating lattice type tracery, two pairs of triangular headed windows to east and west faces of tower; chancel: two square headed windows with pair of quatrefoils to each. INTERIOR reveals use of concrete in vault, with steeply pointed transverse arches in sandstone, interior fittings are contemporary with church. Font by Lethaby circular bowl with entwined vine motif in relief, choir stalls with panelled reliefs of hedgerow flowers. Tapestry flanking altar designed by Burne Jones and made by Morris & Co of two angels. The church is a fine and impressive example of its date. (BoE, p 91).

Listing NGR: SO5941632150