Church Of All Saints

NEEN SOLLARS

SO67SE Church of All Saints 582-1/6/165 12/11/54

GV II*

Church. Late C13 and C14 with 1859 restoration and chancel rebuild. Stone rubble with ashlar dressings. Plain-tile roofs with ornamental ridges, ashlar-coped gable to chancel, partly tiled and partly shingled spire. PLAN: cruciform plan with chancel, north and south transepts and nave with south porch, all radiating from central crossing tower surmounted by broach spire. EXTERIOR: chancel with Decorated-style east window of 3 cusped lancets with trefoils and cinquefoil. C19 south window of triple cusped lancets. C19 diagonal buttresses. North transept: single cusped lancets in east wall and at high level in north wall. North door with ogee-chamfered pointed arch. South transept: south wall with restored 2-light window with quatrefoil and hoodmould. Blocked cusped lancet to west. Nave: broad cusped lancet to north. West window similar to south window of transept. Broad cusped lancet to right on south wall and south door with porch to left. South door is plain with C19 south porch which incorporates earlier trussed oak framing. Flat buttresses on west corners. Tower: cusped lancets on east and south faces. Tower with pyramid tiled roof surmounted with shingled broach spire. Timbered louvred lucarnes with cusped heads on each face at foot of spire. INTERIOR: chancel with 2-bay roof with restored painted arch-braced collared rafter roof with central truss with arch-braced principals. C19 stencilled plaster decoration and painted reredos. Crossing: panelled flat ceiling set between pointed arches each chamfered with plain abacus with roll moulding on 5-sided pillars. North transept: trussed-rafter roof of 7 cants formed with collar, arched braced rafters and ashlaring. South transept and nave with restored scissor-truss roofs. Spire: central mast, hip-rafters, spire hip-rafters with struts, all of probable C14 date, with C18 repairs. South transept contains the Conyngesby monument: alabaster canopied tomb to Humfrey Conyngesby, dated 1624, with central reclining figure in armour. Below are 2 panels of trophies of arms, the edge of the canopy arch decorated with red and blue alternate flowers, above are shields of arms and supporters surmounted by a figure of a coney. Arch spandrels have low-relief figures, pillars each side with capitals of mixed palms and Corinthian foliage, entablature with cherub's head, and surmounted by allegorical female figures.

Listing NGR: SO6600072274