Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building located on Ellesborough Road in Little Kimble. Originally built in the 12th century, it underwent alterations in the 14th century and was restored in 1876 by George Devey. The church is constructed of flint and rubble stone with stone dressings and has tiled roofs. It features chamfered stone eaves, some with chamfered plinths, and offset buttresses.

The church consists of a nave and chancel, with early 14th-century north and south porches. The west end of the nave includes a 19th-century bellcote with twin arches and a three-light traceried window, topped by a 19th-century quatrefoil. The north side has a lancet window in the west bay, two two-light traceried windows, a door in a 19th-century arch, and a gabled porch with a moulded and chamfered two-centred arch. The south side features a small two-light window in the west bay, two two-light traceried windows with flat heads and carved head stops to the hoodmoulds, and a similar porch. The chancel has a two-light traceried window and an off-side lancet to the north, a 19th-century cusped single light to the south, and a 19th-century three-light traceried east window. Most other windows date from the early to late 14th century and have been restored.

Inside, the church features a double-chamfered chancel arch supported by semi-octagonal piers with moulded caps. There are moulded slightly ogee piscinae in the south walls of the nave and chancel. The nave roof, restored in the 19th century, retains shallow arched spandrels from the 15th to 16th centuries with blind tracery panels. A fine series of early 14th-century wall paintings can be found in the nave, depicting large figures of St James, St Christopher, St George, St Lawrence, and possibly St Bernard, along with a triptych of the Virgin and Child and smaller scenes of the martyrdoms of St Margaret and St Catherine. Other figures of saints, including St Francis, are located in the north window splays and on the east wall, all beneath painted canopies with crockets. Additional fittings include notable 14th-century floor tiles in the chancel featuring figures in roundels, an early tub font, a pulpit and reading desk with early 17th-century carved panels, and fragments of medieval stained glass in the north windows. There are also two late 18th-century marble memorial tablets.