Church Of All Saints

SU 44 SW BARTON STACEY MAIN STREET (West Side)

4/83 Church of All Saints

II*

Parish church. C12, C13, C15, C16, and restoration of 1877. Originally a Norman 2-cell church, given north and south aisles circa 1180, with 2 arches supported by round pillars, which remain. Extensions eastward in the C13 continued the arcade, with 2 octagonal columns on each side, ending in a short chancel. The eastern unit of the arcade opens onto transepts, with arches separating them from the aisles, supporting another (or chancel) arch across the nave. Tiled roof. Flint walls with stone dressings; lancets and Perpendicular windows, some corner buttresses. The chief feature is a western tower of circa 1610 (set into the end of the nave) of Perpendicular style, with castellated parapet, octagonal stair turret incorporated within one of 2 massive diagonal buttresses. South porch of the last period. Within, there are several wall monuments of the early C19, and floor slabs of the late C18, a Purbeck font of the 2nd period, having a square bowl, with arcaded sides, resting on a central drum and 4 columns, medieval encaustic tiles in the sanctuary, a C17 altar table with carved (Flemish) figures, and Prescription boards (in the tower).

Listing NGR: SU4351641215