Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, High Street, Hereford
OS grid reference
SO 508 400
Coordinates
52.05659, -2.71763
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, constructed from coursed rubble and ashlar sandstone, with a slate and tile roof. It features an ashlar tower and spire. The church comprises a nave, chancel, south aisles, a tower with a spire, and north and south chapels.

The north front showcases five Perpendicular windows with stained and coloured glass, stepped buttresses, a moulded parapet, and gargoyles. The east front has a four-light stained glass window with a cinquefoil head set under a pointed arch. The west front includes a 20th-century restored window and a four-light window in the south aisle. The south front features a porch with wrought-iron gates and plank doors beneath an enriched pointed arch with moulded and decorated spandrels, along with a castellated parapet. There is a doorway to the north under a moulded pointed arch with enriched spandrels, moulded jambs, and hood-moulding, as well as various two- and three-light mullions and enriched buttress finials. The castellated tower is adorned with corner buttresses and louvred lancets, topped by a ribbed spire with finials and a weathercock.

Inside, there is a pulpit from around 1621, 14th-century stalls with misericordes, and a chest. The church also houses a 16th-century font, from which the actor David Garrick was baptised in 1717, a 17th-century reredos, 15th-century tiles, and wall paintings. Additionally, it contains a Chained Library with approximately 300 books, making it the second largest in England, after the one at Hereford Cathedral.

Local climate

Church of All Saints receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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