Parish Church Of All Saints

The parish church of All Saints largely dates to the late 13th century, with subsequent alterations and additions in the 14th, 15th, and 17th centuries. It was extensively reworked in 1898, a process which included replacing almost all of the window tracery. The church is constructed of coarse ironstone with ashlar dressings and has clay tile roofs. It comprises a chancel, a north chapel, a south organ chamber, a nave, a north aisle, a south aisle, a south porch, and a southwest tower.

The chancel, originally late 13th century, was enlarged in the 14th century and features a two-bay plan. It has a four-light pointed arched east window and a three-light square-headed south-east window. The gable has stone coping and two buttresses. A pointed chancel arch provides access to the nave. The Osborn Chapel, dating to 1649, contains a three-light square-headed east window – the only window retaining its original tracery – and a doorway cut into the southern light. A stone-coped parapet tops the chapel, and adjacent to the north is an 18th-century gabled mausoleum constructed of red and blue brick with a slate roof. The south organ chamber, dated 1898, is gabled and features two lancet windows and an octagonal chimney stack.

The nave has a four-bay north arcade from 1649, with four-centred arches resting on octagonal pillars. A late 13th-century south arcade originally had four bays but the western bay was removed to accommodate the later west tower. A three-light pointed arched window illuminates the west end. The north aisle, also from 1649, originally featured wood windows which were replaced in 1898 with three four-centred arched windows to the north and a pointed-arched window to the west. A four-centred arched door is set under a square head. The south aisle is of 13th-century origin, reworked early in the 14th century, and has two pointed-arched two-light windows, one with flowing tracery, and an embattled parapet. The south porch, dated 1898, is a gabled timber structure with a clay tiled roof and features a four-centred archway with carved spandrels, ogee-headed carved panels, and ornate pierced bargeboards. The southwest tower is from the 15th century and was heavily reworked in 1898, with three stages, buttresses to the north-west and south-east angles, and diagonal buttresses to the south-west angle. It has an embattled parapet, a square-headed two-light window to each side of the top stage, and a pointed-arched two-light window to the lower stage. Pointed arches connect the tower to the nave and the south aisle.

Inside, the church contains numerous wall monuments. The Osborn Chapel houses the original white marble tombs of Sir John (died 1628) and Sir Peter (died 1653), created in 1655 by John Stone for Henry Osborn. The chancel has a black and white marble monument to Daniel Goldsmith, who died in 1685, featuring an angel at the apron. A brass memorial commemorates Richard Carlyll, who died in 1489, and his wife Joan. A 15th-century rood screen has been moved to the tower arches, and the pulpit incorporates reused elements of the screen. A two-tiered oak screen from around 1650 separates the Osborn Chapel, featuring turned balusters to the lower part and round-headed arcading to the upper part. The church also includes 19th-century roofs and a font. The north aisle and nave retain some 15th-century pewing.