Parish Church Of All Saints

The parish church of All Saints dates primarily to the 13th century, with substantial alterations in the 15th century and a major restoration in 1882-83 by R.R. Rowe. The church comprises a West Tower, nave and aisles, a South porch, a chancel, and a North vestry.

The West Tower is largely of the 15th century, though the tower arch itself is 13th century. It is constructed of flint and pebble stone with clunch dressings, primarily replaced with limestone. It is three stages high, featuring an embattled parapet, octagonal turrets at the corners, and a needle spire. The tower has a splayed plinth with a flushwork frieze and set-back buttresses. The West doorway has a two-centred ogee moulded arch within a square head, ornamented with dagger motifs in the spandrels. The contemporary West window is of four cinquefoil lights within a two-centred arch, featuring intersecting tracery, both elements made of clunch. The bell stage contains two two-centred arch openings with transomes on each wall.

The nave is also of flint and pebble stone with an embattled 15th-century clerestory. It has five restored windows on each side, each with cinquefoil lights in a four-centred head. The South porch was largely restored around 1882-83. A South chapel, dating to the early 14th century, has restored fenestration. The South wall of the chancel has a 13th-century lancet window, and a 14th-century window with decorated tracery. The East window, of clunch with flushwork reveals, consists of four cinquefoil lights within a four-centred arch, with vertical tracery.

Inside, the 13th-century West tower arch was reused when the West Tower was rebuilt in the 15th century, comprising three hollow and one moulded order on a high base. The nave arcade is of five bays, with two-centred arches of two moulded orders – the outer roll moulding keeled, the inner chamfered – supported on octagonal columns with moulded capitals and holdwater bases. The nave roof is a 19th-century restoration. The South chapel contains two vaulted niches, now vacant, flanking the East window and formerly housed a monument to William Ayloffe, dating to 1691. The chancel arch was raised during the 15th century when the chancel roof was raised. The screen, which incorporates some original elements, was given by Thomas Hitch around 1508. The chancel roof and the nave clerestory date from around 1487. The piscina is 13th century, comprising two two-centred arches with labels and vine leaf stops, accompanied by two aumbries to the side. A further aumbry is located in the North wall of the chancel. A wall monument to Dame Mary Hatton, wife of Sir John Hatton, constructed of black and white marble, is on the South wall of the chancel. The font, likely of 12th-century origin, is octagonal, featuring 12th-century intersecting arcading carved on one face and recessed trefoils on the others; the stem is modern.