Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1960. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1960
Type
Church
Address
Church of All Saints, Hilborough
OS grid reference
TF 825 000
Coordinates
52.56735, 0.69224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from the medieval period, with later additions. It is constructed primarily of flint, with ashlar and brick dressings, and has slate and lead roofs. The church comprises a west tower, an aisled nave with a south porch, aisles that overlap the chancel by one bay, a chancel, and a vestry to the north.

The 15th-century west tower features diagonal buttresses. A fine west doorway is notable for its carved figures in the spandrels, flanked by niches containing miniature rib vaults and flushwork arcading. Above the doorway is a shield and tracery frieze, with carved arms at the centre, and chequered flushwork framing a 3-light panel-traceried window. The intermediate stage has three small 2-light windows, and the tall 3-light traceried bell openings are set within 4-centred arches, topped by an elaborate carved stepped parapet with tracery and corner pinnacles.

The north aisle has four 3-light panel-traceried windows and a moulded north doorway. The south aisle is similar, with the exception of the east window. The 15th-century south porch incorporates chequered flushwork and a flushwork plinth of repeated letter "M" with a crown. It has a moulded entrance arch with a niche above, 2-light traceried side windows, and retains its original braced roof with moulded wall plates. The south doorway is simply moulded with a 4-centred arch.

The early 14th-century chancel features a 3-light Y-traceried south window and a very fine similar east window of 5 lights. The vestry, dated 1851, incorporates a reset 3-light panel-traceried window.

Inside, a tall, plain-chamfered tower arch sits on polygonal responds. A similar chancel arch is set one bay west of the original 14th-century position, partially obscuring a pair of piers. The early 14th-century 4-bay arcades have two hollow-chamfered orders on quatrefoil piers. The easternmost responds have carved corbels supporting the innermost order. The 15th-century nave roof has mutilated carved hammer beams and corbels, arch braced wall posts, and moulded principals. Contemporary, albeit much repaired, aisle roofs are also present. The chancel has a restored 15th-century arch braced roof. Other interior features include a modern double piscina with sedilia and a 14th-century aumbry to the north side of the chancel, with a pedimental hood mould. Fine 15th-century nave pews feature carved poppy head bench ends and traceried backs, with traceried dados to the front pews. A restored octagonal font with geometrically traceried panels is also present.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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