Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church with Saxon origins, incorporating fabric from the 13th century, and subject to significant restoration in the early 19th century and 1879 by C N Tripp. It is constructed primarily of squared flintwork with stone dressings, and has a plain tile roof. The original Saxon plan comprised a nave and chancel, with the chancel largely rebuilt in the 13th century and further renovated in the 19th century. A late 19th-century porch is located on the south side, and a vestry adjoins the northwest corner, with steps leading down to a crypt on its eastern side. A west tower was also added in the 19th century.

The chancel, predominantly 19th-century in appearance, features a pair of long east-facing lancet windows, two recut 13th-century lancets on the side walls, a southwest corner priest’s door with a low-set lancet, and a 19th-century chancel arch. The nave was rebuilt in 1879 with four north-facing lancets, original south-facing doors reset as the entrance to the vestry, three south-facing lancets, and two west-facing lancets with a trefoiled lancet between them. Surviving elements of the Saxon fabric include a northeast corner displaying long and short quoins, and a pilaster strip, a matching strip reset on the south wall. The south porch is gabled with a pointed arch and buttresses. The west tower has angle buttresses and a timber top stage in a French style, finished with a steep hipped shingle roof topped with a finial and weathervane along the ridge.

Inside, the chancel contains a recut 13th-century double piscina and sedilia, reused 17th-century panelling behind the altar, a 19th-century chancel arch, and an 18th-century roof with moulded ribs. The north wall displays several monuments dating from 1638 to a child Stewkeley, a 1638 memorial to Thomas Stewkeley, a 1642 memorial to Sir Hugo Stewkeley and a 1667 memorial to Elizabeth Stewkeley, alongside a 1820 memorial to Lord Stawell and brasses. The south wall holds a 1601 memorial to infant Thomas Stewkeley, a 1719 memorial to Sir Hugh Stewkeley, a stone lid to a vault dating to 1692 and commemorating Charles Stewkeley. The 19th-century nave incorporates a moved Saxon door to the vestry, featuring long and short quoins, a round arch with a chamfered label, oak paneling, and an inscription reading "Nicholas Lacy gave this door February 1643." Other south wall monuments include a 1764 memorial to Henry B Legge and two memorials moved from Laverstoke, Hampshire, commemorating Sir J Trott (1672) and Lady Katherine Stewkeley (1679, possibly by John Bushnell). A base of an old font remains in the vestry. The church houses three bells, dated 1610 and two from 1603. Its Grade II* status is due to the quality of its memorials.