Parish Of All Saints

The parish church of All Saints dates primarily to the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, with significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It stands within the parish of Hamerton.

The church's construction involved resetting 13th-century windows into the porch. The chancel, nave, north and south aisles and south porch date from the early 14th century. The clerestory, west tower, and aisle were rebuilt in the late 15th century. The south clerestory and porch were repaired or rebuilt in 1707, and the chancel was partly rebuilt in 1796, replacing a previous flat roof with a steeper one. A major restoration took place in 1854, with further chancel repairs in 1986-7. The building is constructed from Weldon and field stone rubble, with dressings and ashlar facings of Ketton Stone. The roofs are tiled, slated, and leaded.

The west tower has three stages, featuring a moulded plinth and embattled parapet with angle gargoyles and a quatrefoiled-panelled frieze. Belfry windows are paired, transomed with two cinque-foiled lights set within a four-centred head, incorporating a quatrefoil. The south elevation features a clerestory with four windows, each containing three cinque-foiled lights within four-centred heads; a lozenge-shaped panel is inscribed 'IB 1707'. Three late 15th-century aisle windows each contain three cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery within a four-centred head, demonstrating moulded reveals and labels. A partly restored 14th-century doorway possesses jambs and a two-centred arch of two hollow-chamfered orders with a moulded label and mask stops. The south porch contains a two-centred archway of two chamfered orders, with the inner order springing from attached shafts with moulded capitals. The interior of the porch includes reset side-lights of two pointed lights with a circle in a two-centred head. Two 14th-century chancel windows, each featuring two pointed lights with plain spandrels in four-centred heads, have the western window carried below a transom to form a ‘low-side’ window. A 14th-century priests’ doorway sits between the windows, incorporating moulded jambs and a two-centred arched head.

Inside, the nave arcades have four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders, each possessing a moulded label, supported by octagonal columns and semi-octagonal responds with moulded capitals and bases. A rood loft staircase has upper and lower doorways, each with four-centred heads. The tower arch is two-centred, of three moulded orders with the outer continuous and the inner springing from attached round shafts with moulded capitals and partly restored bases. The chancel arch, dating to the early 14th century, is two-centred, consisting of two chamfered orders, the outer continuous and the inner springing from moulded corbels carved with male and female heads. A piscinae is present within the chancel, with hollow-chamfered jambs and a quatrefoiled drain, dating to the 14th century. Another piscinae is located in the south aisle, featuring chamfered jambs and a trefoiled head. The font, from the 15th century, showcases an octagonal bowl with cusped panels and moulded edges, set upon a stem with cusped panels and a moulded base. Notable wall monuments exist, commemorating Sir John Bedell and his wife Maude. The nave and aisle roofs incorporate 15th-century materials and carved details, including angels holding musical instruments and figures of men, the four Evangelists, and the apostles.