Parish Church Of All Saints

Parish Church of All Saints

This parish church at Winwick contains fabric from the 12th century onwards, representing successive phases of medieval expansion and later restoration.

The earliest surviving element is a 12th-century south doorway. The chancel and nave were rebuilt in the mid-13th century, when the south arcade and south aisle were added. Around 1320, the north aisle and arcade were constructed, and the chancel arch was rebuilt. The early 15th century saw the addition of a south transept, and the west tower was built in the late 15th century. The north aisle was partly rebuilt in the 16th century and the roofs were renewed at this time. Significant restoration work was undertaken by Slater and Carpenter in 1864, when the south transept, south aisle, clerestory, porch, and upper part of the spire were rebuilt. Further repairs were made in 1935.

The walls are constructed of Weldon rubble and ashlar with Ketton stone dressings. The roofs are covered in tiles, lead, and stone slates.

The west tower is of four internal stages with a moulded plinth and cornice. The belfry window comprises two four-centred lights within a four-centred head with moulded label. The octagonal broach-spire carries two ranges of spire-lights in gabled heads.

The south elevation features two 19th-century round octofoil clerestory windows. The south aisle windows include one 19th-century example and an early 14th-century window with three pointed lights with plain intersecting tracery and a two-centred head with moulded label. The south doorway, reset from the 12th century, has a two-centred arch of two continuous orders with moulded label; the outer order is enriched with chevron ornament and the inner order with roll-moulding. The south transept window has four cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery in a four-centred head with moulded reveals and label with head-stops. The chancel window, of early 14th-century date, contains two trefoiled lights in a two-centred head.

Internally, the nave north arcade, dating to around 1320, comprises four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders with moulded labels. The columns are octagonal and the responds semi-octagonal, all with moulded capitals and bases. The south arcade, from around 1250, also contains four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders with moulded labels. The central column is octagonal while the other columns are round, with semi-octagonal responds; all feature moulded capitals enriched with nail-head ornament and moulded bases.

The tower arch is two-centred with two chamfered orders dying on the side walls. The south transept has a half arch of two chamfered orders to the south aisle. The 19th-century porch is fitted with a two-centred outer arch of two moulded orders carved on three circular detached shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

The chancel arch, dating to around 1340, is two-centred with two hollow-chamfered orders, the inner order springing from attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

A piscina in the south transept features hollow-chamfered jambs and a trefoiled ogee head with an octofoil drain. The 13th-century font has a tapering square bowl with splayed angles and chamfered edges, supported on an octagonal stem with four shafts each carrying carved capitals and moulded bases.

The roof of the nave, of early 16th-century date, is of four bays with cambered tie beams, wall posts, and curved braces. The north aisle pent roof is decorated with foliage and scroll bosses, with scrolls inscribed 'Tom', 'Rob', and 'I. Elington Siv'. The south transept roof, of four bays with moulded main timbers, features cambered tie beams with carved bosses. The south aisle roof is similar but has been restored.

An early 16th-century screen has been incorporated into 19th-century screens in the south transept. A brass in the tower commemorates Edward Collins, dated 1685–6, bearing inscription only, taken from a slab formerly in the porch.