Church Of All Saints

STEEP CHURCH ROAD SU 72 NW 9/49 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 16.3.54 GV II* Parish church. C12, C13, C14, 1838 and 1875. Rubble walls of different dates, some cemented sections, stone dressings, buttresses at the west end. Tile roof. Nave and chancel, with south aisle (four bays) of 1180, north chapel and west tower added but later (c.1200) merged as a wide north aisle, chancel renewed C13, upper part of tower 1875 by R W Edis, c19 north and south porches. The exterior has lancets, some of the C13, with a cinquefoil above the west end of the nave. The prominent bell tower has a steeple with exaggerated broaches, a timber-framed bell stage, and battered sides hung with scalloped tiles. Inside, the arcades are supported by cylindrical columns, the earlier on the south side with scalloped caps, the north having moulded caps: there are remains of the rood stair. A late medieval roof has king posts (the nave with modern tie-beams). The C14 font is hexagonal on six short shafts around a central shaft. There are wall monuments of 1740, 1741, 1743, 1756, 1780, 1820, 1829 and others of the early c19. A window contains etched glass, as a memorial to the poet Edward Thomas.

Listing NGR: SU7464025294