Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church built in 1250, which underwent restorations in 1857 by G. Scott and in 1887 by P.M. Johnston. A south aisle and bell chamber were added in 1893. The building is constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings, rendered on the east end and north wall, and features a plain tiled roof with a tile-hung bell chamber above, topped with a gilt and iron weathervane. The layout includes a nave with a baptistry to the west, a south porch, an aisle, a chancel to the east, and a vestry addition to the north. The church has 13th-century and renewed lancet windows on the north side, along with one two-light perpendicular window on both the north and south walls. The east window, dating from the 14th century, was renewed by J.O. Scott. The gabled wooden porch has cusped bargeboards, and the original stone door surround of the south door was rebuilt during restoration.

Inside, there is a five-bay south aisle arcade on compound piers with a quatrefoil section. The nave and chancel are a single restored space, with the chancel floor lowered by about six inches. The tie beam roof features one beam with billet decoration in the chancel. Notable fittings include a trefoil arched piscina and sedilia on the south chancel wall, with an additional piscina opposite on the north side. There is an octagonal 15th-century stone font on a central stem, featuring sunk quatrefoil panels on the sides. A wall painting of St. Christopher carrying Christ, dating from the 16th century, is located on the north nave wall. Monuments include one on the north chancel wall dedicated to Elizabeth Tyler from 1772, made of grey and white stone with fluted pilaster strips, a rectangular panel, and a draped oval urn above. The south window in the east bay of the nave contains stained glass that depicts the presentation of the first English Prayer Book to King Edward VI by Archbishop Cranmer, commemorating the legend that the book was first read by Cranmer in this church.