Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church largely dating from the medieval period, with later additions. It is constructed of flint, with ashlar and brick dressings, and has black pantile roofs. The church features an off-centre west tower, a wide, aisled nave, a south porch, and a chancel adjoined by a vestry to the north.

The west tower, dating from around 1300, has diagonal buttresses and a single ground floor cusped lancet window to the south, with a traceried sound hole above. The tower has four two-light Y-traceried bell openings and a crenellated parapet. The west wall of the nave contains a blocked 14th-century window with remnants of tracery, alongside a two-light Y-traceried window. Opposing the windows are doorways on the north and south sides. The south doorway is Transitional in style, featuring a single order of shafts with stiff leaf capitals and water-holding bases. The arch is decorated with chevron-derived motifs and a nibbed angle roll, with a hood mould featuring a carved leaf pattern. A former chapel is located on the north wall of the nave; its entrance is now blocked and contains a modern traceried window. There’s a restored three-light Perpendicular window and remnants of a rood stair. Two Perpendicular windows are present on the south side: one is a modern three-light restoration, while the other is a largely original four-light window with mouchettes and ogee arches. The chancel includes two restored two-light Perpendicular windows to the south, featuring embattled transoms, and a 14th-century three-light north window of unusual design with a cusped soufflet and trilobe heads to the main lights. A restored three-light east window is present in the Perpendicular style.

The fine 15th-century porch features a flushwork inscription above the entrance reading “GLORIA TIBI TR”. The entrance spandrels are carved with a depiction of the Annunciation. A niche with a nodding ogee head is flanked by blind cusped windows, and the porch has crocketed pinnacles and diagonal buttresses. The medieval south door retains a surviving iron handle rose.

Inside, the chancel has an angle piscina with an ogee head, carved label stops, and shields in the spandrels. The chancel arch has polygonal responds. A life-size 14th-century carved effigy of an unknown knight is also present. Original poppy head bench ends remain, along with a late 12th-century circular font with leaf trail carving. Four panels of high-quality post-medieval glass are situated within the south-east nave window.