Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is an Anglican parish church located on Ham Church Road. It has origins dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, with significant alterations made between 1733 and 1740, and again in 1849. The structure features various stones, Corallian rag dressings, flint, and pebbledashing, topped with a tiled roof. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and a west tower, which may have Romanesque origins, along with an 18th-century north porch. The nave, chancel, and tower are adorned with lancet windows, while the tower has two-light windows on the west side. The south side of the nave was rebuilt in 1849, which included two Romanesque revival windows and a contemporary vestry for the chancel.

The three-stage tower, primarily from the 14th century, has been repaired and refaced in the 18th century, featuring pebbledashing, one offset, and angle buttresses, along with a crenellated parapet. The west end of the nave has 18th-century dormer windows that light the gallery. Inside, the nave has four bays with likely 18th-century cambered ties and wavy queen struts, and it is ceiled at collar level, probably from the 16th century. There is a raked west gallery from the 18th century, complete with a baluster rail and three text panels on its face. The chancel has a low-pitched roof and a raised east end.

Notable fittings include an 18th-century oak communion rail with turned balusters, a pulpit from 1849, and a limestone font with an octagonal bowl and a painted 18th-century cover. The church also contains 18th-century low box pews and a slightly raised manrial pew, along with choir stalls from 1849 and a painted piscina. The tower houses an oak bell frame dating back to 1633.

Several monuments are present within the church. In the chancel, there is a wall monument from 1719 made of white marble dedicated to Rev. Richard Gillingham, featuring an inscribed panel with elaborate curtaining, putti, an urn above, and arms below. Another monument from 1843, made of black and white marble, is dedicated to Rev. Sumner Smith and created by Bussel of Gloster. In the nave, there is a wooden wall aedicule from 1590 dedicated to John Hunt, a yeoman, featuring a broken pediment with an urn over marbled wood columns. Additionally, there is a Purbeck slab with an inset brass of two kneeling figures and an inscription, along with some 19th and 20th-century wall brasses and tablets.