Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from the 14th century, with significant alterations and restorations in the 15th, 17th, and 19th centuries. It was formerly a dependency of West Acre Priory and restored around 1638 by Sir Edward Barkham, Lord of the Manor and Lord Mayor of London in 1621. This restoration exemplifies a Gothic survival or early Gothic Revival style. The church is constructed of knapped flint with ashlar dressings, and has slate roofs.

The three-stage west tower features a 2-light 'Y' tracery window on its west face, dating to the 17th century, with a drip mould head and flush keyed arch above. The second stage has four rectangular lancet windows, and on the west face is the Barkham coat of arms within a cartouche. The bell stage has four 17th-century pointed traceryless windows. The tower has a stone plinth, two ashlar-faced west angle buttresses with set-offs, a bell stage string course, and ashlar battlements. A clock from 1907 occupies the tower, bearing the inscription "Watch and Pray" instead of numerals.

The three-bay, battlemented nave has two 4-light windows on the north side and two on the south, with distinctive 17th-century Gothic tracery inspired by the Perpendicular style, set under drip mould heads and flush keyed keystone arches. The south side has four and the north side three ashlared set-off buttresses. An ashlar parapet includes a coat of arms on the south side. The north porch has a 17th-century classical doorcase with chamfered jambs, capitals, and a moulded arch with a central keystone featuring a carved deer head. A flush keyed arch sits above the doorcase. The interior of the porch contains a re-set stone voussoir figure, likely from the 13th century. The south nave door has a simple classical arched embrasure with a keystone head under a drip mould, with the inscription “EW 1538” (likely referring to 1638) above it.

The two-bay chancel south side has two 'Y' tracery, cusped light windows set within 17th-century round arch heads. A south priest's door has two simple classical arches with a keystone and drip mould, with the inscription "1638 IFC" above. The chancel has a battlemented parapet with a coat of arms and one set-off angle buttress. The east window is a 4-light window with tracery likely dating to around 1900, inspired by the Perpendicular style. A north transept vestry has a gabled form and a three-light Perpendicular style tracery window, with battlements and set-off buttresses.

Internally, the church features a 14th-century chancel arch, possibly re-cut around 1638 and featuring splayed stone soffits to the nave windows. The primitive tower arch also dates to around 1638 and has stop angles and crude chamferings.