Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries. It was restored in 1829, 1883, and subsequently. The church is constructed of flint, fieldstone, and clunch, with limestone dressings, and has tiled roofs covered with lead. The building comprises a west tower, a nave, a south porch, and a chancel.

The west tower has four stages topped with a later stepped and embattled parapet. A main cornice features central gargoyles. The restored 14th-century west window consists of two cinquefoil lights set within a two-centred arch, incorporating original moulded stops and a mask carving. Lancet windows are positioned on each side of the first stage. The bell stage openings feature two cinquefoil lights set within a two-centred arch, with a similar label. The nave, which is aisleless, was rebuilt in the later 15th century. The roof was restored in the 18th century and again in the 19th century, and the original gable end remains visible in the east wall of the tower. The north and south walls each contain three transomed windows with three cinquefoil lights set within four-centred arches. One window in the south wall has modern commemorative glazing to Maud Borren. The south porch has been much restored; its inner arch is formed of two continuous chamfered orders within a two-centred arch.

The chancel was restored in a 14th-century style with reticulated tracery to the windows. Inside, the west tower arch has two chamfered orders set within a two-centred arch, with the inner order resting on a half-octagonal respond with a capital and base. The reconstructed roof of the late 15th century features four bays with moulded main beams and carved bosses at intersection points. Blocked stair openings for a former rood loft are located north of the chancel arch. The chancel arch itself is 14th-century with similar chamfered orders within a two-centred arch, the inner order resting on a respond of half-round shaft with a moulded capital and base. Monuments are present in the chancel; on the south side are monuments to Sir Giles Alington (died 1522) and his son Giles (died 1586), featuring two tiers, each with one recumbent effigy and connected by short, bulbous, fluted columns—the superstructure has been removed. A monument to Sir Giles Alington (died 1613) and Lady Dorothy, attributed to N. Johnson, is located on the north side and comprises an alabaster tomb chest with recumbent effigies and reliefs of their children kneeling at the front; its original architectural backing remains intact. Further north in the chancel are a stone wall monument to Dorothy Wakefield (died 1622) and a marble wall monument to William Elder (1709).