All Saints Church with attached tower and hall

All Saints Church with attached tower and hall

A brick church with attached tower and community hall, built between 1954 and 1955 to designs by Frank J Osborn, with sculptural work by William Bloye. The church, tower and hall are constructed of buff brick laid in Flemish bond with stone and brick dressings and clay pantile roofs.

The church is orientated on an east-west axis with a square tower attached to the north-east corner and a hall projecting to the north-east. The building comprises a chancel and nave beneath a pitched roof that oversails flanking aisles.

The main entrance is through a projecting rectangular porch on the south elevation's left side, featuring grooved timber double-doors within a square stone surround. The entrance is approached by a modern paved ramp and steps. Above the porch is a circular window with a six-pointed star. The aisles feature nine tall, narrow windows with decorative corbelling and painted motifs below the eaves. The sanctuary chapel is lit by two smaller windows, while the east end has two narrow windows set within external piers. The east elevation features a cruciform window with a carved stone halo around the cross's head, beneath which is an inscribed foundation stone dated 1954. The north elevation mirrors the south. The west elevation has a central arched doorway with fluted jambs and a carved frieze depicting a crown above two crossed palm leaves, likely by Bloye. Above this, at high level, is a circular window with a six-pointed star. The flanking single-storey wings have flat roofs with patterned parapet coping and narrow casement windows grouped in twos and threes, each with rubbed brick jambs and chamfered sills.

The tower sits over a short cloister between the church and community hall. Above the archway on the east side is a carved figure of Christ by Bloye beneath a stone canopy. The tower's west side features an oriel window at first-floor level. The upper level has louvred slit windows to all sides. The tower roof is steeply pitched with a central bronze cross set on a cupola.

The community hall is set over one-and-a-half storeys beneath a pitched roof. The original archway access beneath the cloister has been blocked and replaced with two modern flat-roofed porches on the south and west sides. The south side features five tall windows and six roof dormers. The north side has sets of double doors with rectangular lights above and five further roof dormers. The east end has three tall windows, the central one with an arched head. All windows have glazing bars.

The church interior features a nave with narrow passage-aisles and nine-bay arcades of tall brick columns with a spiralling brick pattern. The windows contain clear glass panes. The floor is laid in herringbone parquet with a contrasting pattern defining the central aisle. Steps lead up to the sanctuary, which is paved with stone and slate slabs. The cruciform sanctuary window has a margin of stained glass with lozenge detail, beneath which hangs a pelmet with curtains framing a small wooden cross. The organ loft to the left of the sanctuary is accessed by a metal spiral staircase and features a wooden balcony with fielded panels. The sanctuary chapel has a timber panelled ceiling, pelmet and original light fitting with a starburst motif. Two hexagonal lecterns flank the sanctuary, one with a hexagonal timber sounding board suspended from decorative wrought iron supports. A hexagonal stone font stands at the west end. The former baptistry contains a modern timber kitchen area. Vestries feature five-panelled doors. Wall and ceiling light fittings appear original and are of the same design throughout.

The community hall interior has been reconfigured with an extended servery and integrated café area, clad with timber panelling. The tower contains a former library room and a spiral staircase leading to the belfry, which houses a bell by John Taylor of Loughborough.