Church Of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C12 Church.

Church Of All Saints

WRENN ID
cold-loft-moss
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with a long history, dating back to the 12th century. The earliest parts of the building are the south door and the south chancel arch, both from around 1120. The chancel, south porch, and north vestry were added in the early 14th century, and the west tower was constructed in 1487. The north and south aisles and nave date from around 1500. Significant restorations occurred in 1852, overseen by Hicks, and again in 1880, under the direction of Ewan Christian.

The church is built primarily of ashlar, with sections of banded flint and ashlar and squared rubble. The roofs are slate, with stone copings to the nave and chancel, and hipped roofs partially hidden behind parapets to the aisles.

The west tower is a three-stage ashlar structure with embattlements and crocketed finials. It features a west door with a two-centred head and carved spandrels above an inscription reading "1487." A five-light panel tracery window is set above the door, and paired belfry windows have panel tracery and pierced stone panels with returned labels. The south aisle and porch have gabled detailing, embattlements, and buttresses with gargoyles. A central four-light window is flanked by two-light windows, all with panel tracery and two-centred heads. The east window is a three-light design with panel tracery and a two-centred head. The north aisle also has embattlements and buttresses, alongside a six-light window with an elliptical head and a blocked four-centred doorway. The north vestry has a lancet window to the north and a square-headed window to the east. The chancel features a 19th-century five-light east window with panel tracery and a two-centered head. Two original three-light south windows flank a doorway with a chamfered four-centred head. A 12th-century south doorway has a segmental head ornamented with chevrons and three-quarter shafts.

Inside, a two-centred, moulded chancel arch stands with a 12th-century south respond featuring a scalloped capital carved with beakheads. The north respond is a later copy. There are four bays to the north arcade with moulded, two-centred arches and three bays to the south arcade with vine-enriched capitals. The tower arch is two-centred and has blind tracery. Round arches leading to a chapel/organ chamber are supported by octagonal piers with head corbels. The church has 19th-century roofs. Amongst the furnishings are a four-centered rood vice door, a probably 15th-century octagonal font resting on a cylindrical stem with an octagonal base, a 19th-century pulpit and pews, and a variety of monuments from the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

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