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 and later Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
last-hearth-foxglove
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1960
Type
Church
Period
Medieval and later
Address
Church of All Saints, Little Cressingham
OS grid reference
TF 884 001
Coordinates
52.56645, 0.77961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church located in Little Cressingham, dating from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, topped with plaintile roofs. The church features a circular west tower, a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, and a chancel that is as wide as the nave. The late 13th-century west tower includes a two-light Y-traceried window on the ground floor, with three Y-traceried two-light bell openings and a fourth bell opening made of modern brick above. The tower is capped with a modern brick parapet, and there is a 19th-century vestry on the north side of the tower.

The south wall of the church has two two-light Decorated windows with cusped soufflets (one of which has been restored) and a two-light cusped Y-traceried window. The 19th-century porch features a 14th-century semicircular headed plain chamfered entrance, reusing the former south doorway. There is also a plain-chamfered south doorway from the 19th century. The north aisle contains a late-medieval two-light window with a flat head and a two-light Y-traceried window on the eastern side. Notably, there is a piece of re-used 12th-century chevron ornament at the aisle quoins. The chancel has a 19th-century triple lancet east window, two Y-traceried two-light windows, and a blocked rectangular leper's window on the south side.

Inside, the church features a four-bay north arcade supported by two circular piers and one octagonal pier, with arches of two plain-chamfered orders. The west respond includes a corbel with a carved twisted leaf motif, and the arches are decorated with painted designs. The narrow tower arch consists of two plain chamfered orders, and there is no chancel arch. The interior also showcases an early 17th-century polygonal pulpit with a fluted frieze and carved lectern brackets, along with a renewed stem and steps. A clerk's desk dated 1613, gifted by Edward Cofe, features a fluted frieze, a continuous lectern with carved brackets, turned newel knops, and a later candelabrum at the angle. The 14th-century octagonal font is adorned with different carved tracery patterns on each facet, and there are fragments of medieval glass in the north window.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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