Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with a 14th-century tower, the remainder of which was rebuilt between 1847 and 1848 by J.P. Harrison for John Keble. The church is constructed of squared clunch with Burbage stone dressings; the tower features stone and flint chequerwork. The roofs are covered with old plain tiles. The church displays a Decorated style, featuring a chancel with north and south chapels (the south chapel being shorter), a nave with north and south aisles, north and south porches, and the surviving 15th-century tower.

The east end comprises a chancel and a north chapel of equal length, separated by a central buttress and diagonally set corner buttresses. There are two Decorated 3-light windows. The shorter south chapel has a similar cross window and a corner buttress, with two 2-light windows to the south. A pointed doorway encroaches on one window, and a simpler window is present on the south wall of the chancel and another on the north chapel’s side wall. Both aisles have an eastern buttress, followed by a 3-light Decorated window and three 2-light windows with buttresses between. A gabled porch with diagonal buttresses sits to the west of the eastern windows, featuring small 2-light openings on its sides and a pointed 2-order archway on three columns with a hood mould. A further 2-light Decorated window is at the west end.

The west end has 2-light windows in the aisles, and a large square-sectioned tower with a high plinth, clasping buttresses (except to the southwest, where a stair turret is present). A Perpendicular large, pointed-headed door is set within a square opening, featuring quatrefoils in the spandrels and a hood mould. A 3-light cinquefoiled window sits above the door. Strings are present between the tower stages, with rectangular lights in the middle stage and on the stair turret. The top stage has been rebuilt with Decorated 2-light bell openings and a parapet with quatrefoils.

The interior is a well-preserved example of the Ecclesiastical movement; walls are finished with ashlar. Timber screens are located inside the arcades to both sides of the chancel. Original 19th-century tiling, altar rails, and choir stalls remain. Later 20th-century additions include a reredos and panelling on either side, along with wrought iron candelabrum brackets. The roof features cusped arched braces and two bays for every arcade bay. The roof also has angels at the bottom of the posts, above clerestory dormers. All windows contain stained glass by W. Butterfield & W. Wailes. A corona-lucis is present under the arches. A carved timber font sits on a stone base, and is covered by a tall carved cover. The rear arch of the tower has two plain outer arches, and is pointed. Monuments are found under the tower, including a 1705 monument to Sir Charles Wyndham, and a 1731 monument to Elizabeth Cromwell, housed in a sarcophagus within a frame with a pediment. Brass memorials include one dating to 1474 for John Bowland, and another from 1559 for Mrs. Sternhold.