Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- south-rotunda-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of All Saints, Stansted Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2DY
- OS grid reference
- TL 493 214
- Coordinates
- 51.87119, 0.16832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints, built in 1936 by S E Dykes Bower, is a prominent structure located on Stansted Road. It is constructed from rough limestone with ashlar dressings. The west front facing the road features a tall, broad central tower topped with a steep, hipped red tile roof. Below the tower are three excessively tall lancet windows, with two smaller ones above and an eaves cornice. The flanking single-storey aisles have doors set within cinquefoil arches, and there are buttresses at the angles and along the aisle walls. The front is approached by steps and walls.
Inside, the church has a tall nave consisting of four bays, supported by giant drum piers and pointed arches, with a coffered wagon roof. The chancel, which has no aisles, features an east rose window with flowing tracery and two south windows with paired plain lancets beneath a multifoil oculus. There are four trefoiled sedilia, and the aisles are adorned with paired lancets and steep coffered roofs.
Additionally, there is a 19th-century open timber lych gate at the southwest corner of the churchyard, which has a cruciform shingle roof and traceried side panels. This church is part of the original 1851 structure that was destroyed by fire in 1935. It significantly enhances the eastern aspect of the town.
Local climate
Church of All Saints sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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