Church Of All Saints

SJ 91 NE ACTON TRUSSELL, BEDNALL BEDNALL AND TEDDESLEY HAY C.P.

4/11 Church of All Saints -

GV II

Chapel-of-ease. 1846. By H. Ward with addition and alterations of 1873. Chisel dressed ashlar; shaped tile roofs with coped verges on shaped kneelers. South-west tower with diagonal buttresses; 5-bay nave with 3-bay south-east aisle, single-bay chancel, north-east vestry; late C13 Gothic style. South-west tower: 3 stages marked by strings, ball flower ornamented band with stone steeple above of c.1873; first stage has pointed south doorway with nook shafts and roll and fillet moulded arch, small rectangular loop to west side; second stage has circular clocks to each side with hood moulds terminating in heads; paired belfry openings with banded nook shafts, single trefoil headed lights within pointed arches; quarter round stair turret to north-west corner with pointed door. Nave and south aisle; lancet windows with hood moulds terminating in heads, pointed west window of 3 lights with Geometrical tracery and hood mould terminating in heads; nave has angle buttresses, south aisle has diagonal buttresses and a central pointed doorway. Chancel: East window has cusped intersecting tracery incorporating Geometrical tracery and a hood mould terminating in heads. Vestry: Pointed door to east, lancet to north. Interior: Pointed nave arcade of 2 roll and fillet moulded orders springing from quadrilobe columns also with fillet, and water holding bases and moulded capitals; pointed chancel arch; nave roof of braced secondary rafters supporting a collar with braced king-posts above, 2 pairs of purlins and a plank ridge; chancel roof has arch braces crossed near the apex. Fittings: Circular stone font with moulded base and basin with panelled sides and nook shafts; hexagonal stone pulpit with dog-tooth ornament around the top. Stained glass: Good west window of 1894, east window 1862, three windows to the north late C19.

Listing NGR: SJ9549017828