Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with origins dating back to the 13th century, featuring a nave and west tower from the 15th century. It has undergone restorations in 1850, 1855, and between 1876 and 1880. The building is constructed from flint, rubble, fieldstone, clunch, and limestone dressings. The west tower was rebuilt around 1851 after a fire and consists of three stages, topped with an embattled parapet, diagonal buttressing, and a two-stage moulded plinth. The west window has a foiled head, and the bell stage includes two light openings with foiled heads and a two-centred arch. The aisleless nave features two restored 15th-century windows with vertical tracery on the south side. The south porch was rebuilt in 1855, showcasing an inner archway made of 15th-century clunch, with a two-centred arch of continuous hollow moulding set in a square head, complemented by foiled spandrels and ogee outer moulding. The chancel includes a reset 13th-century south doorway with two chamfered orders in a two-centred arch.

Inside, the tower arch is two-centred and composed of two chamfered orders. The nave roof was reconstructed in 1915, featuring four bays and three trusses, with a moulded tie beam, crown posts, and downward bracing, along with jackposts that have bracing to the ties. The chancel arch is also two-centred, made of two chamfered orders with half-octagonal responds. The font, dating from the 13th century, has an octagonal limestone bowl on its original stern and base, supported by four modern reproduction shafts. The communion rail, from the late 17th century, is made of oak with a moulded rail, turned balusters, square newels, and paneling with finials. Notable monuments include a reset memorial for Thomas Wakefield (1610) and a standing wall monument for Sir James Reynolds (1717), which features a white and grey marble sarcophagus topped with a pyramid, located on the south wall of the nave.