Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1987. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
haunted-glass-thrush
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1987
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Stanford
OS grid reference
TL 857 947
Coordinates
52.51865, 0.73663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a redundant parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, featuring windows that are protected by corrugated iron shutters. The roofs are made of plaintile and corrugated tile. The church has a round western tower, an aisled nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a vestry to the north. The tower, which dates from the 12th century, has a 14th-century bell stage.

The west window is an early Perpendicular style window with two lights, and there is an original loop window on the first floor. The octagonal bell stage has alternating blind and open bell openings, each with two lights, mouchettes, and super mullions. The south aisle was added in the 19th century and features three two-light traceried windows and one three-light window. The north aisle has restored tracery to the north and west, along with a 14th-century three-light cusped Y-traceried east window. The chancel includes two restored two-light windows to the south, one to the north, and a restored four-light reticulated east window. Additionally, fragments of 12th-century chevron and 14th or 15th-century blind tracery have been re-set in the east wall of the south aisle.

Inside, the church features a 12th-century tower arch with nook shafts and an arris roll. The 14th-century arcades consist of three bays with quatrefoil piers and intermediate rolls that support wave-moulded arches of two orders. The chancel arch is in a similar style. There is a former eastern chapel in the south aisle, which has one surviving respond with stiff leaf capitals and a moulded arch springing. The font is plain and octagonal, and there is no furniture present. This building is located in the Stanford Battle Area.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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