Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church located in Drinkstone, dating from around 1330 to 1350, with a tower added around 1760. It underwent restoration by E.C. Hakewill between 1866 and 1872. The church features a nave, chancel, north and south aisles, a south porch, and a west tower. The structure is primarily built of random flint rubble, with parapet gables and freestone dressings, and has slated roofs.

The chancel contains notable windows from around 1330 with net-tracery, although the east window has been restored. There is also a later 14th-century insertion. The north priests' doorway dates back to approximately 1330. The nave and aisles, constructed in the mid-14th century, include several two-light side windows with segmental-pointed heads and hoodmoulds, along with carved stonework on the copings and buttresses. The mid-14th-century porch has been significantly restored, featuring a shafted outer doorway. The inner south doorway, dating to around 1350, has three orders of continuous mouldings and an ogee-headed stoup to the right. The original plank doors have 19th-century battening.

Inside, there are 14th-century sedilia and piscina, both of which have been restored. The chancel roof is canted and ceiled, possibly rebuilt in the 19th century. The plain chancel arch dates from around 1350 to 1370, and there is a rood loft stair to the south with two doorways. The nave arcades consist of three bays with octagonal piers and moulded capitals. In the south aisle, there are two mutilated 14th-century image stools, and some decorated floor tiles from the same period can be found in the nave. A well-preserved 15th-century rood screen, complete up to the rood beam and fully coloured, includes some unrestored sections.

The church also features a 13th-century font with an octagonal bowl displaying shallow twin arches on each face, supported by colonnettes. Beneath the north arcade lies a 14th-century tomb chest with traceried sides. There are four plain 15th-century poppyhead benches at the rear of the nave. Additionally, two 18th-century wall tablets are built into the exterior wall of the south aisle, with another located on the west face of the tower. The west tower is constructed entirely of red brick, featuring burnt headers at the lower levels, dentilled bands at the floor levels, and diagonal buttresses.