Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with a chancel of 12th-century origins, though heavily altered in the 14th century, which is also the date of the nave and north and south aisles. The west tower was constructed around 1400, with further alterations in the 17th and 18th centuries, culminating in a major restoration from 1875 to 1879 by William Fawcett. The church is built of dressed clunch with limestone dressings and repairs, and some pebbledash was incorporated during the 19th-century chancel restoration. It has tiled roofs, with an original cross at the east end of the nave.

The plan consists of a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, porches, chancel, and vestry. The west tower, dating to around 1400, has three stages, is embattled, and features octagonal pinnacles on clasping buttresses alongside gargoyles. The west doorway has a moulded two-centred arch within a square head, ornamented with dagger and quatrefoil spandrels and a dripmould resting on engaged shafts. The nave has a blocked parapetted roof and a clerestory with four windows on each side. The windows are restored, featuring two lights in ogee arches and square heads. The south aisle mirrors this design, incorporating large, grotesque gargoyles to the main cornice and featuring restored 14th-century fenestration with flowing tracery and original two-stage gabled buttressing. The south porch is also from the 14th century, though its roof is barrel-vaulted and dated 1746 with the initials of the church wardens carved into the leading. The chancel’s 14th-century fenestration is set within 12th-century walls repaired with pebbledash between 1875 and 1879, with the east wall rebuilt during this period. The vestry was also added by Fawcett. The north aisle exhibits similar fenestration to the south aisle.

Inside, the nave arcade spans five bays, with nearly identical north and south arcades. These feature two-centred arches, each having two double hollow orders with a label on columns of quatrefoil section with engaged shafts. The nave roof was renewed between 1875 and 1879. The chancel arch resembles the nave arcade, featuring nail head ornament on the outer order. The chancel windows have deep splays. A barrel-shaped, boarded roof from 1619 is probably associated with the monument of Thomas and Elizabeth Wendy, with painted panels dating to that period, restored in the 19th century. The north and south aisles retain original 14th-century leanto roofs, supported by carved corbels with elaborate tracery to the pierced spandrels. The pulpit contains 17th-century woodwork, and the font is 14th-century, octagonal, with a modern stem and base, accompanied by a 17th-century font cover. Numerous monuments and floor slabs are present. Notably, two wall monuments are located in the south wall of the chancel, commemorating members of the Mend family.