Church Of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1966. A C.1275-1300 Church.
Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- inner-tallow-scarlet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a church largely dating from around 1680-1685, with a west tower built between approximately 1275 and 1300. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with a tiled roof and comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a west tower. The church possesses four bays.
The chancel and the north and south aisles feature tall, round-headed windows with eared architraves and lead cames. The south aisle has an entrance with a moulded stone surround, a floating cornice, and a six-panelled door. A stone plinth and string course are present, topped by a stone parapet surmounted by flaming urns.
The three-stage west tower has an entrance with a heavy, moulded wooden surround and plank door. A single, pointed arched window on the first stage has a moulded hood mould and fragmentary remains of label stops. The third stage exhibits a two-light Decorated window with a hood mould and label stop. Angle buttresses and a parapet with finials are also visible externally.
Inside, the nave has north and south arcades spanning four bays, supported by Tuscan columns on high plinths. These columns have moulded and chamfered capitals decorated with egg and dart motifs and feature panelled soffits. A shallow segmental, plastered ceiling is divided into panels and finished with an elaborate cornice. 17th to 19th century fittings and furnishings are present. The chancel includes communion rails with twisted and carved balusters. There are benches and cut-down box pews. A hexagonal pulpit features fielded panels and angle posts carved with pendants of fruit and flowers, alongside a reading desk. A stone font has a reeded and gadrooned underside.
The west end of the nave houses monuments to the Parker family, including an imposing marble monument to Sir Henry Parker and his son Hugh, who died in 1713 and 1712 respectively, with fluted pilaster surrounds and flanking flaming urns above a cartouche. The south wall has monuments to members of the Townsend family, including a pedimented marble monument to Joseph Townsend, who died in 1763, and a wall tablet to Judith Townsend, who died in 1795. The north wall displays 19th-century monuments also dedicated to the Townsend family. 19th-century stained glass is incorporated. Sir Henry Parker rebuilt the church during the 1680s.
The Church of All Saints is situated immediately to the south-east of Honington Hall.
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