Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a largely 11th and 15th century building, constructed of knapped, coursed flint with reused Roman brick and stone dressings, and covered with a slate roof. The church consists of an aisle-less nave, chancel, and a south porch, with an unbuttressed west tower. A north transept and vestry were added by Pearce.

The substantial nave and chancel walls are primarily of 11th and 15th century fabric, featuring coursed flint facings and some reused Roman brick quoins. Most window openings and tracery date to the 19th century. A blocked doorway with a reused brick surround, lacking radial design, is present in the north wall of the nave, alongside a recessed, arched niche. The west tower is mainly 15th century with 19th century openings and stone quoins in the lower stages; the parapet and tracery were renewed in 1883.

The interior features a roof with a scissor-brace truss. The tower, chancel, and transept arches are in the Perpendicular style of the 14th century. A 19th-century wall-painted script reading 'HOLY HOLY HOLY, LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY' sits above the chancel arch, flanked by painted panels depicting scrolls and foliate motifs. The altar incorporates a coloured marble reredos flanked by wall paintings of kneeling angels. The south wall of the chancel contains a sedile and a piscina with an ogee arch and figurative label stops. The east window, originally from St Mary’s Church, features stained glass by Gibbs and Howard, commemorating Charles Eyres, the Rector who died on All Saints day 1875. A second window in the south wall of the chancel, also by Gibbs and Howard and given by Rector Alfred Day to mark Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee in 1897, is present. The east window in the south wall of the nave depicts St Wolstan of Bawburgh, and the west window in the south wall, given in 1962, depicts St Fursey, the supposed founder of the parish. An aumbry is located near the door.

Fixtures and fittings generally date to 1883, with the exception of the porch, which contains two 15th century poppyhead pews and two 14th century sarcophagus lids from St Mary’s. The 19th-century font may stand on an earlier pedestal and is covered by a carved wooden cover. A decorative war memorial to the parish dead of both World Wars is attached to the north wall of the aisle. An early 20th-century organ can be found in the north transept, and the attached vestry features a late 19th-century fireplace.