Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church built in 1906 by architect Detmar Blow for Lord Manners of Avon Tyrell. Constructed from Caen stone and rendered brick, it features an aluminium roof. This remarkable Edwardian Baroque church is oriented on a north-south axis and consists of three bays, with projecting central bays on both sides, an apse, and a west end that has separate roofs and a west cupola, all symmetrically arranged.

The east side showcases a moulded plinth, with rectangular leaded 24-pane windows in stone architraves with hoods and corbels in the end bays. Above these, there is a moulded timber modillioned cornice. The central entrance features a stone door framed by an architrave with panelled pilasters that support console brackets topped by a pediment. Above the door is a large round window in an architrave, adorned with a head of a putto and wings. The gable above is semi-circular, with a cornice that wraps around and is supported by pairs of modillioned cornices on each side of the bay. The roof is hipped with a flat top, and there is a cupola vent at the east end.

The east end includes blind windows in architraves on either side of the apse, which also has similar features at its end and small oval frames on the sides. The cornice continues around, leading to a half-conical roof that integrates with the main roof. At the west end, the central projection mirrors the central side bay and is topped with a small roof and an octagonal timber cupola featuring an ogee roof and weathervane.

Inside, the apse is adorned with wall paintings from 1922 by P A Traquair, depicting the Te Deum with local people as characters, and features a cornice and half-vault. The nave contains two arcades of four Tuscan giant columns, with the two eastern bays being narrower, supporting a groin-vault with panels between the columns. The west bay has timber screens with doors across the aisles, and a gallery over the nave with curtains below. There are three inscribed tablets related to the First World War by E Gill, as well as a large monument from 1917 to John Manners by Sir B Mackennal.