Parish Church Of All Saints

The Parish Church of All Saints is a parish church that dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with significant work carried out in 1852 and 1873 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. The church is constructed from coursed ironstone rubble, featuring oolite and chalk ashlar for the dressings. Its layout includes a chancel, north vestry, nave, north aisle, south aisle, south porch, and a west tower.

The chancel, built in 1873, has a three-light east window and two south windows, both with pointed arches, and features stone coping on the gable. The vestry, which may date from the same period or later, includes a two-light pointed arched window. The nave showcases a 15th-century north arcade with three bays and pointed arches, alongside a 14th-century south arcade with four bays, also featuring pointed arches and coarsely carved heads on the responds, with a partially rebuilt west arch. Each side of the nave has four clerestory windows, each with two trefoiled lights under a four-centred head.

The north aisle, originally from the 15th century, appears to have been rebuilt more recently and contains two two-light windows and one three-light window, all with cinquefoiled designs and four-centred heads. A 19th-century north door leads to a 20th-century parish room. The 14th-century south aisle has a 19th-century two-light window on the east wall and three 15th-century windows on the south wall, with the easternmost window featuring three lights under a depressed arch and the others having two lights, one with 19th-century tracery. The south doorway retains its pointed arch from around 1340. The nave and aisles are topped with embattled parapets, and there is a gabled porch from the 19th century.

The west tower, constructed in 1852, features a four-light window, two two-light windows on each side of the top stage, and a plain parapet. Inside, the nave and south aisle preserve 15th-century roofs, with the south aisle roof adorned with carved bosses, while the nave roof includes figures of apostles on the corbels, angels on the intermediates, and additional carved bosses. The north aisle houses a half-figure brass of William Carbrok, a priest from around 1430. The nave also contains a wall tablet commemorating William Tompson, dated 1596, which features a small kneeling figure of Tompson within a pediment.