Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
blind-stone-cedar
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Church Road, Longhope
OS grid reference
SO 684 197
Coordinates
51.87586, -2.4596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with origins dating back to the 12th century, with later additions from the 14th, 15th, and a restoration in the 19th century. It features random rubble construction with irregular larger stone quoins on the transepts and chancel, and more squared stonework on the upper part of the tower, which is finished with an ashlar parapet and a tiled roof. The church comprises a nave, transepts, chancel, west tower, south porch, and vestry.

The tower has four stages, marked by plain string courses. The lowest stage includes a central pilaster buttress and a doorway to the right, with radiating voussoirs above a semi-circular headed lintel that has a steep segmental soffit. The second stage features a tapered lancet window, while the third stage has a trefoil-headed lancet and a two-light window with stone louvres at the top. Above is a moulded string course with diagonally set corner gargoyles, leading to a crenellated parapet adorned with crocketed corner finials.

The nave displays moulded stone and timber eaves supported by timber corbels, with a buttress on the left and a blocked round-headed window on the right, above which is a carved head over the ridge of the porch roof. The porch is gabled with a plain chamfered doorway and a flat-headed single light above, featuring an angled sundial. The south transept has a cross-gabled apex with remnants of a cross, and a two-light Y tracery window with a hoodmould.

Inside, the church has wide, plain arches leading to the transepts and a flat plaster ceiling in the nave. Brass standards from earlier lighting are still present. The Royal Arms of William III is displayed over the south door, alongside the Decalogue, Pater Noster, and Creed depicted on two trompe l'oeil diptychs on painted boards from the early 19th century. A recumbent effigy of a priest can be found in the North Transept. The church was restored in 1869 by A. W. Maberly, who also replaced the battlements with a spire.

Local climate

Church of All Saints receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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