Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
hallowed-kitchen-weasel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Church Lane, Hemley
OS grid reference
TM 285 423
Coordinates
52.03246, 1.33059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with a tower dating from the late 15th century. The original nave and chancel were built in the 14th century but were completely rebuilt around 1889 by F. Barnes, who reused the old materials. The church's walls are made of rubble and are faced externally with Portland cement, flint, stone, and septaria. The south porch is constructed of oak, while the roofs of the nave, chancel, and porch are covered with plain tiles. The tower is made of red brick and features a diamond diaper pattern of dark headers, diagonal stepped buttresses on the west front, and right-angled buttresses at the rear. A projecting enclosure on the south side of the tower indicates the bell chamber stair. The south doorway is from the 14th century and has a moulded ogee arch. Inside, the nave has a king post roof and the chancel features a wagon roof, both part of the 1889 rebuilding. The font, dating from the 13th to 14th century, has a square bowl supported by a central pillar and four corner pillars on a cushion-shaped base. There is a Jacobean communion table, and a stained glass window salvaged from the earlier church has been rebuilt into the south wall of the chancel. The north wall of the nave displays the Royal Arms of George III. The tower is listed as Grade II*.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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