Tower Of The Old Church Of All Saints

The tower of the Old Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed church tower dating from the 15th century. The rest of the church was demolished in 1883, and its features were incorporated into the new Church of All Saints on Tring Road. The tower is constructed of flint rubble faced with uncoursed knapped flint, arranged in a chequered pattern with Totternhoe stone dressings. The crenellations at the top are made of 18th-century red brick, and some of the heads of the upper openings have been restored.

This slender square tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, and offsets, with a string course below the upper stage and a low plinth. The small openings for the bell stage include one on the north side that retains a complete 4-centred pointed head and blind spandrels. The large west window in the lower stage features three cinquefoiled lights, with remnants of leaded glazing. There are narrow chamfered slit windows on the east and south sides of the upper stage.

Inside, the tower has a tall chancel arch with two chamfered orders, blocked with rough stonework, and a pointed arched head above a battened door. The interior is plastered, and there is a scarcement below the heavily beamed floor of the bell chamber, just above the west window. The north wall features two pairs of bull-nosed stone corbels. The roof structure is decayed and filled with debris, and there are no fittings in the base of the tower.

Historically, this church served as a chapel-of-ease in the parish of Tring until 1867 and originally included an aisleless nave, chancel, and south porch, all of which were removed in 1883. An architect's report detailing the church's ruinous condition in 1881 is referenced in Vincent's work.