Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints dates from the 12th century onwards and features coursed rubble, brick tile, and ashlar dressings, topped with tiled roofs. The castellated west tower, built around 1400, is made of ragstone and includes a crenellated octagonal stair turret. The church has a complex building history, with a Norman nave that has blocked clerestory windows. The seven-bay nave was extended to the east around 1400. A north chancel chapel, constructed around 1550, is made of red brick with blue brick decoration and Tudor arched windows featuring brick mullions. The south side of the church was refaced in the early 19th century with yellow stock brick. Inside, there is a fine nave roof supported by late 15th-century tie beams and a chancel roof dating to around 1500. The aisles and nave have separate hipped roofs, and dormer windows create a clerestory effect. A long covered way leading from the road to the south porch was added in the late 19th century. The reredos was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Architectural fragments from Stratford Langthorne Abbey have been incorporated into the church, including a two-light window and sculptured stone with skulls. The church also contains very fine medieval and later monuments.