Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church located in Croydon, with parts dating back to the 13th century for the nave and the 14th century for the north and south aisles. The west tower, built in the 14th to 15th centuries, and the chancel, which was added in the late 17th or early 18th century, complete the structure. The church is constructed from fieldstone, brick, clunch rubble, and dressed clunch, topped with tiled roofs.

The west tower features three stages, a parapet with a main cornice, and a central gargoyle, along with later diagonal buttressing. A newel stair turret is located in the southwest corner. The west window has a four-centre arch with two cinquefoil lights, while the bell stage includes two openings with trefoil heads set in a two-centred arch. The nave does not have a clerestory. The south aisle, likely rebuilt in the 14th century but originally from the 13th century, has fieldstone that has been repaired with brick and features two cinquefoil light windows in square heads. The south doorway is designed with two continuous moulded orders in a two-centred arch.

The south chapel, originating from the 14th century, has been restored. Its south and east windows each contain three cinquefoil lights in square heads, and the roof and gable end have been rebuilt. Three shields of arms have been reset in the brickwork of the gable end. The chancel, dating around 1687, was remodelled in 1867 and is made of fieldstone and brick with 19th-century Ketton limestone dressings.

Inside, the south arcade from the 13th century consists of four bays with two chamfered orders in two-centred arches supported by octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases. The west end bay was blocked and partly fenestrated when the west tower was added in the 15th century. The north arcade, dating around 1300, also has four bays and two-centred arches with similar chamfered orders and octagonal columns. The roof of the south chapel has been rebuilt, and in the east wall, there are two 14th-century niches with foiled heads flanking a three-light window. Notably, there is no chancel arch. The font is a 12th-century limestone bowl, rectangular in shape, featuring double rolls at the angles and plain bands at the top and bottom.