Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a 1910-13 Gothic Revival style church designed by Gerald Horsley. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and a plain tile roof with coped gables. The church comprises a chancel with an organ chamber, a north chapel and vestry, a nave with arcades and clerestory, and a north aisle.

The chancel has an east gable with a slightly projecting centre, splayed flank walls, and a five-light east window with intersecting tracery. A two-light window is on the south side, and a lean-to organ chamber has a flat-headed two-light window. The north chapel’s lean-to design features a three-light east window above a flat-headed three-light window. The gabled vestry has a three-light flat-headed window to the east and two similar windows and a single light window to the north. The nave, with its four bays, incorporates buttresses. The south side features a pointed arched west door and three plain triple lancets set in blind arches. The clerestory has four-light flat-headed windows on each side. The west gable includes an octagonal ashlar external pulpit under a canopy, surmounted by a traceried three-light window with a hood mould. The north aisle consists of three flat headed windows, 3 lights. The main west entrance has a rusticated Tudor arched doorway, traceried tympanum and spandrels, flanked by two flat headed two-light windows with tracery, all beneath a common label mould. Above is an inscribed panel and a traceried flat headed niche containing a figure.

Inside, the exposed brickwork is contrasted with ashlar dressings. The chancel features a moulded arch with simple responds and a cross incorporated into the brickwork. A wooden wagon vault covers the space. The east end contains a chamfered brick surround to a World War I memorial stained glass window, accompanied by a triptych on the same theme. The north side has a segment arched opening to the north chapel, with octagonal columns and an incised tympanum. A pointed arched doorway provides access to the east, and a segment arched door with a window above leads to the west, alongside a chamfered pointed arched organ opening.

The north chapel has a double chamfered pointed arch with imposts and a wooden wagon vault, along with a stained glass east window and a segmental pointed arch to a blank recess. The vestry is characterized by double sedilia with a central shaft. The nave’s pointed arched wooden vault is a distinctive feature. The north arcade, designed in an early 14th century style, features octagonal piers with moulded capitals and double chamfered arches with hood moulds and run-out stops. The south side has a blind arcade with brick piers and arches, incorporating a doorway to the west. The north aisle has an open truss roof, while the west end incorporates a canted wooden internal porch, which is partially glazed.

The church fittings include a canted ashlar pulpit integrated with the chancel screen wall, featuring a traceried panel on a round stem with flanking Purbeck marble shafts and foliage capitals, alongside plain wooden benches. There is a scarcity of significant memorials within the building.