Church Of All Saints

ST 69 NE HAM AND STONE STONE

4/192 Church of All Saints

30.3.60

II*

Anglican church. C13 and C14, altered during C19. Random coursed rubblestone, slate nave roof, tile chancel roof. Mostly in Decorated style. 4 bay nave with embattled parapet, with projecting gabled south porch, north vestry of 1846 and west tower. 2 bay chancel. West tower 3 stages marked by offsets, large stepped diagonal buttresses to west side, pierced parapet wall with cusped lancet panels, corner pinnacles, recessed ribbed spire with surmounting eagle. West side has in 1st stage a pointed arch moulded stone doorway with hoodmould and 3-light window over, very small openings in upper stages including 2-light belfry openings to all sides on top stage. Clock face to south. Stair turret in north-east corner. Nave windows 2-light trefoil head with quatrefoil over, east window 3-light of 1831. Interior: 8 bay king post roof with chamfered tie beams supported on side struts and corbels, and open cusped lancet panelling flanking king posts. Plastered walls. Chancel arch is double chamfered with door to rood stair on left. South wall has small cusped piscina. Wide ogee tomb recesses to north and south walls. Box pews of 1857. Font at west end with layered quatrefoil panelling set in front of cusped wooden screen into west tower. (David Verey, Buildings of England - Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean, 1983)

Listing NGR: ST6843795456