Church Of All Hallows

The Church of All Hallows is a Grade II* listed building located on Church Street in Whitchurch. It features a combination of Norman and Perpendicular architectural styles, but is primarily a restoration completed in 1866 by Benjamin Ferrey. The church consists of a nave with four bays, wide north and south aisles, a chancel, a west tower, and a south porch. The nave arcades have pointed arches supported by cylindrical Norman columns on the south side, which rest on square bases, and shafted Perpendicular columns on the north side, with the two western columns being original. There is an old pointed tower arch, and the base of the tower dates back to the 15th century, featuring a timber newel stair with 17th-century alterations and restoration in the upper parts.

Inside, the church contains a 15th-century octagonal font, brasses commemorating Sir Richard Brooke who died in 1593 and his wife Elizabeth, as well as two limestone effigies of Thomas Brooke, who died in 1612, and his wife Susanna, set on a modern altar tomb. A fragment of a 10th-century arch-headed stone known as Frishburga's stone features a bust within a recess. The exterior is entirely Victorian in style, showcasing Early English elements with lancet windows, plate tracery, circular high lights, and Geometrical windows in the gables of the aisles and chancel. The walls are constructed of flint and stone rubble, with stone dressings that include shallow buttresses with steep weatherings; the tower is rendered. The roofing is steeply pitched with tiles, and the tower has a shingled broach spire. The south porch is half-glazed and timber-framed, resting on a stone plinth.