Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A Medieval Church.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- sacred-pedestal-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of All Saints, Woolstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 294 875
- Coordinates
- 51.58648, -1.57647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, dating from around 1200, with an early 13th-century chancel, a late 13th-century south transept, and a vestry added around 1974. It was built for St. Swithun's Priory in Winchester. The church is constructed from squared chalk laid on a sarsen base, with limestone quoins and dressings, and features a stone slate roof. The architectural styles represented are Transitional and Decorated.
The church includes a chancel, south transept, nave, and a bellcote. The east window is a two-light design set in random bond brickwork from around 1760, while the side walls have a range of early 14th-century two-light windows. The south transept features a late 13th-century two-light window. The north wall of the nave has an early 14th-century two-light window, a 13th-century lancet, and a central door from around 1200, which has a moulded round arch, carved capitals, and imposts, with engaged columns on the jambs and a late 19th-century studded door. The south wall of the nave has a 13th-century lancet and a blocked door with a 4-centered arch. The roofs are gabled, and the stone bellcote dates from around 1663. The two-light west window, also from 1663, has cavetto moulded surrounds and a label mould.
Inside, there is a 13th-century piscina and sedilia, along with a 3-bay canted and planked roof from around 1870. The transitional arch features dentilled outer mouldings and carvings on the label stops depicting the Green Man. The south transept contains a piscina on the east wall. The nave includes a wooden pulpit and prayer desk from 1867, a fine brass chandelier from around 1800, and a lead font said to be from around 1200, featuring 14th-century ogee motifs in its pointed arches. Additionally, there is a 15th-century four-bay crown post roof.
Local climate
Church of All Saints receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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