Church Of All Saints

FIFEHEAD NEWLTE FIFEHEAD NEVILLE: VILLAGE ST 71 SE 5/6 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 4.10.60 G.V. II* Parish Church, south wall C14, north aisle and arcade c 1500, remodelling and south porch 1736, roofs and restoration 1873. Coursed rubble, squared dressed rubble and render with ashlar dressings. Tiled, gable ended roof with stone copings and ashlar bellcot to the west gable. Plan: nave with north aisle, chancel and south porch. Windows to nave and north aisle of 1736; semi-circular heads, greensand ashlar surrounds with keystones and rectangular impost blocks, leaded-lights. The two eastern-most windows have outward opening wrought iron casements. South porch has an outer doorway with square greensand head and jambs with a keystone bearing date. Inner doorway has 4-centred head and continuous stop-chamfered jambs. Above is a large horizontal stone with traces of decoration, possibly the shaft of a cross. Early C16 studded oak door with original wrought iron strap hinges. South east and north east chancel windows are of 2-lights with straight chamfered jambs and Y-tracery under 2-centred heads with labels. North west chancel window has a 2-centred head and is of 2-trefoiled lights with panelled tracery and straight chamfered jambs. The label is reset and has large coarsely carved king and bishop stops. East window under 2-centred head with 3-cinquefoiled lights, panel tracery and label with carved head-stops. Above is a reset large coarse carving of a bishop and a date stone. South chancel door with 2-centred head and continuously chamfered jambs. Internal features: 3 bay nave arcade of 2-centred arches with wave and hollow chamfered mouldings. Piers with 4 half-columns separated by hollow chamfers. Capitals with fleurons, those to west pier unfinished. 2-centred horseshoe chancel arch with continuous chamfers. Traces of rood vice to north. C19 arch-braced collar beam roofs with king posts to nave and chancel, C19 arch-braced collar beam roof to aisle. Reset fielded panelling to nave and aisle. C17 turned communion rails. C18 pulpit with fielded panels. C14 octagonal font on greensand base. Various C17, C18 and C19 monuments including one to Roger Goodfellow, one to the Ryves and one to William Salkeld. Some early glass. "RCHM Dorset Vol III", pp 92-3, no 1. Newman J and Pevsner, N. "The Buildings of England, Dorset", Penguin 1972, p 204.

Listing NGR: ST7679911001