Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- graven-zinc-crow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of All Saints, the Street, Shotesham
- OS grid reference
- TM 246 990
- Coordinates
- 52.54264, 1.31181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, topped with pantiled roofs. The church features a west tower with a vestry to the south, an aisleless nave with a north porch, and a chancel with a south aisle. The 15th-century west tower has diagonal buttresses and bell-openings with Perpendicular tracery, which survives only on the west side. The tower is capped with a crenellated parapet adorned with gargoyles, and there is a 2-light traceried window on the west side.
The main structure of the nave is believed to date from the 11th or 12th century, with former eastern rubble quoins indicating its original extent. There are five restored 3-light Perpendicular windows featuring crenellated and cusped transoms. A Victorian sanctus bell, topped with an eagle, is present. The chancel has a modern Y-traceried east window, and both the chancel and tower arches are plain and chamfered. The chancel is arranged in two bays with plain chamfered arcades, though the northern arcade is blocked. Remnants of a rood stair can also be found.
Inside, there is a 15th-century octagonal font decorated with lions and angels, as well as surviving late medieval wall paintings, including one complete figure depicted as being burnt, presumably in Hell. The church also features a Jacobean communion rail with turned balusters.
Local climate
Church of All Saints sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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