Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1960. Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- waning-flue-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1960
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from 1857, designed by G.E. Street. It incorporates elements from the 12th and 13th centuries, including doorways and a tower. The church is constructed of uncoursed random Sandringham sandstone with pink stone dressings, and has a plain tile roof. It comprises a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch.
The 13th-century west tower is of uncoursed flint with limestone dressings, featuring diagonal buttresses. It has a "Y" tracery west window, likely dating from 1857, with figure stops. Small, quatrefoil sound holes are present, along with a string course to the bell stage, "Y" tracery bell openings, and a string course to the embattled parapet.
The nave has shallow aisle buttresses and string courses, with upper string courses forming semi-circular headed openings – four to the south and three to the north. These openings have wide surrounds, partly recessed and a gable cross. The 12th-century north and south doorways have been reset, each with a semi-circular head of three orders, the middle order featuring zig-zag decoration. The jambs have shafts with decorative capitals and imposts, and the doors are from 1857 with decorative strap hinges. The wide south porch has low eaves, with buttresses continuing the facade. It contains a semi-circular arch with a stylistic chevron moulding and double shafts to the jambs with stylized waterleaf capitals. The interior of the porch is lined with pink ashlar.
The chancel has angle and a central buttress to the south, mirroring the nave. There are two openings to the north and south, those to the north flanking an outshut vestry in a similar style. The east chancel features an arcade with three semi-circular headed lights articulated by shafts, similar to the south porch. The arcade has treble floral voussoirs and a dogstooth hood mould with grotesque stops. A bullseye opening is found in the gable, within a stepped recess with decorative mouldings; a gable cross sits atop.
Inside, the walls are of pink ashlar. The roof has arch braced collar beams with twisted king posts to the collars. The 19th-century chancel arch is in a 12th-century style, with two orders of dogstooth and roll mouldings, and decorative corbels to the jambs. Side shafts flank both the east and west sides of the arch with clasping rings. A low wall spans the chancel arch. The chancel roof has king posts from arch braced collars. The arcade to the east chancel light contains three arches with four shafts, mirroring the chancel arch design. A piscina and double sedilia feature an arcade of three semi-circular headed arches with shafts and decorative capitals. A square sandstone font of 1857 has colonettes and a central sandstone pier. A tall, double chamfered arch leads to the tower, dating from the 14th century.
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