Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church built in 1764 by the 1st Earl Harcourt, with assistance from James Stuart. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with a copper-covered dome. The building has a rectangular plan with projecting elements on all sides. The principal north front features a projecting hexastyle Ionic portico flanked by Diocletian windows. A heavy dentil cornice to the entablature breaks into a triangular pediment over the portico, which contains a blind doorway between blind arches. The south front is similarly pedimented, with an enclosed projection featuring a central arched doorway with fine wrought-iron gates. Lower, semi-circular projections with half domes are present to the east and west; the west projection serves as an entrance porch with Ionic columns. The drum of the main dome rises from a rectangular base, surmounted by a deep entablature above four Diocletian windows. A large memorial to Reverend Dr. Byron Eaton (died 1703), featuring a bust on a carved and panelled base framed by Corinthian columns and supporting an open segmental pediment with cherubs and a central cartouche, is located on the east wall. This monument was rescued from an earlier church.

The interior comprises a central rotunda between two rectangular spaces, linked by elliptical arches. The rotunda is surrounded by niches and has an arched opening to a small baptistery on the south. The sanctuary has an apsidal recess behind the altar. The walls feature moulded plaster panels containing texts. Fittings introduced in 1880 include elaborate stalls in a 16th-century Italian style, with panelled backs divided by Corinthian columns, which line the walls. Correspondingly styled furnishings include a communion table and a communion rail featuring four gilt 17th-century Italian angels. A 17th/18th-century carved wooden lectern is also present. The gadrooned font of 1843 is topped with an Italian Baroque cover with hinged doors. Two chests are equipped with very fine lock mechanisms. Additional items include four 19th-century hatchments and three tapestries, one a 17th-century Flemish depiction of "The Tribes of Israel.” Various relics from the funeral of Edward VII are also housed within. Harcourt monuments include four 19th-century busts, a full-length effigy, a child’s effigy, a fine framed marble portrait, and several 18th and 19th-century wall tablets. The church was originally conceived as a temple within the Classical landscape designed by the 1st Earl and is said to echo the entrance front of Chiswick House. John Hooper was the mason and the construction cost £552 12s 1/4d. The church is now redundant.