Church Of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. Church.

Church Of All Saints

WRENN ID
haunted-cobalt-candle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1954
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a late 13th and 14th century church with a 19th-century restoration and a largely rebuilt chancel. It is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring plain-tile roofs with ornamental ridges, an ashlar-coped gable to the chancel, and a partly tiled and partly shingled broach spire.

The church follows a cruciform plan, comprising a chancel, north and south transepts, and a nave, all radiating from a central crossing tower surmounted by a broach spire. The chancel's east window is of Decorated style, consisting of three cusped lancets with trefoils and cinquefoils. A 19th-century south window is of three cusped lancets. The north transept has single cusped lancets in its east wall and high in the north wall, alongside a north door with an ogee-chamfered pointed arch. The south transept displays a restored two-light window with a quatrefoil and hoodmould, with a blocked cusped lancet to the west. The nave features broad cusped lancets to the north and a window similar to the south transept window to the west. A broad cusped lancet and a south door with a porch are located on the south wall. The porch is of the 19th century and incorporates earlier trussed oak framing. The tower has cusped lancets on its east and south faces, a pyramid tiled roof, and a shingled broach spire, punctuated by timbered louvred lucarnes with cusped heads at the foot of the spire.

Inside, the chancel has a two-bay roof with a restored, painted arch-braced collared rafter roof. There is also stencilled plaster decoration and a painted reredos. The crossing contains a panelled flat ceiling set between pointed arches, chamfered and ornamented with roll moulding on five-sided pillars. The north transept has a trussed-rafter roof formed with collars, arched braced rafters, and ashlaring. The south transept and nave have restored scissor-truss roofs. The spire's structure comprises a central mast, hip-rafters, and spire hip-rafters with struts, likely dating to the 14th century with 18th-century repairs.

The south transept houses the Conyngesby monument, an alabaster canopied tomb dedicated to Humfrey Conyngesby (dated 1624). The monument depicts a reclining figure in armour, flanked by panels of trophies of arms, floral decoration, shields of arms, and supporters, topped by a figure of a coney. Arch spandrels feature low-relief figures, the pillars have mixed palm and Corinthian foliage capitals, the entablature features cherub's heads, and is surmounted by allegorical female figures.

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