Church of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church located in Farnborough Village. It dates back to the 11th century, with alterations made in the 14th century and restoration in the 19th century. The building is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings, some render, and features an ashlar tower, all topped with tiled roofs. The church comprises a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch.

On the south elevation, the tower is positioned to the left and has three stages, with diagonal buttresses on the first stage and a crenellated parapet. The top stage features a two-light louvre set in a chamfered recessed arch, and a large carved head acting as a gargoyle at the base of the parapet. A stair turret connects the tower to the nave, with a small cusped-headed window at the ground floor and a lancet window at the top, below which is a carved head of a hound. The nave is rendered and includes a two-light window under a square drip mould to the left of the south porch, which has double doors in a chamfered four-centred arched opening, and another two-light window to the right. The chancel is made of flint and features a door in a four-centred arched opening with a two-light window to the right.

The west elevation shows the tower with a three-light window on the lowest stage, a small round-headed window in a recessed chamfered square opening on the second stage, and a clock face across a double louvre on the top stage, accompanied by a large grotesque gargoyle at the base of the parapet.

On the north elevation, the chancel is to the left and includes a two-light window and a small round-headed window. The nave features an 11th-century north doorway with a round arched opening and simple chamfered impost blocks, flanked by small round-headed windows.

Inside, the church is plastered and painted. The chancel has two bays with a restored timber roof, while the nave has four bays also with a restored timber roof. The chancel arch is two-centred, recessed, and chamfered, springing from short piers on moulded brackets. There is a four-centred arch leading to the tower, adorned with carved stone angels at the springing.

Notable monuments include two marble plaques flanking the east window, each with leaf surrounds supporting skulls and curved pediments. The plaque on the left commemorates William Garnam and his wife, while the one on the right honors Bartholomew Price, his wife, and daughter.

Fittings within the church include a stone piscina on a pillar base and a 19th-century carved stone font, which rests on a base of grouped columns and features an octagonal bowl with a carved timber cover.