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
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1959
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

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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.

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