Church Of All Hallows

The Church of All Hallows is an Anglican parish church, largely dating to the late 13th or early 14th century, with some remains from the 12th century. It is constructed of rubble, with some rendering to the tower, and has slate roofs covered with terracotta ridge tiles. The church comprises a nave, a north transept, a chancel with a north chapel, and a square tower positioned south of the nave and over the porch.

The tower features half-height diagonal buttresses and a projecting crenellated parapet resting on a corbel table, topped with a small, set-back octagonal stone spire. The south front has a plain pointed outer arch to a barrel-vaulted porch, which shelters a richly modelled inner doorway. Above the outer doorway is a lancet window, and there is a lancet window to the bell chamber; mid-height slits are found on three other faces, alongside a slate sundial. A lean-to roof covers a stair projection to the right, while the nave has two-light plate tracery windows with quatrefoils under drip stones, with diagonal and angle buttresses to the west and east respectively. The chancel features a similar two-light plate tracery window, incorporating a sexfoil, and a large three-light triple lancet with a drip stone over the plate tympanum. A simple chamfered priest's door is visible. The east end also has a three-light triple lancet, flanked by angle buttresses. The north side contains an attached chapel with a lancet window to the east and a square-headed doorway. A heavy buttress is situated at the west end. The north transept has two Norman lights to the east and two offset buttresses, not located at the corners. The north side of the nave displays three stepped lancets under a relieving arch, with some evidence of a small opening above, all set against a heavy, offset plinth. The west side of the church has no windows but does feature three heavy buttresses. The north side of the nave has two 2-light windows from the 19th century with quatrefoils, while the west end contains a sexfoil light high in the wall, without a doorway.

The interior has plastered walls, a slate and tile floor, and a barrel vault roof, formerly plastered. A door provides access to the tower stair. A plain chancel arch is decorated with a 19th-century painting above, and a plain arch leads to the north transept, which incorporates a two-light opening. The roof is similar to that of the nave, but lower, with an opening to the east chapel, accessible by two steps. The chancel features a barrel roof, a tiled floor, and chamfered rear arches. The east window has hexagonal colonnettes in the 13th-century style. A wooden grille screens the north chapel. A cusped piscina is accompanied by a credence shelf. The chancel roof dates to 1915, erected in memory of F C and M J Hingeston-Randolph.