Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church located in Claydon Park, with its nave dating back to around 1300 and having undergone significant restoration. The west tower was constructed around 1500, and the chancel was added in 1519. The church was restored in 1871 by the architect George Gilbert Scott, with a late 19th century south porch and vestry also included. The building is made of rubble stone and features lead roofs.

The west tower is designed in the Perpendicular style and consists of three stages, complete with a plinth, battlemented parapet, diagonal buttresses, and two-light openings in the bell chamber. The west door is accompanied by a three-light cusped window above it. The nave has a parapet and two bays featuring small cusped lights on the west side, as well as two bays of windows with Y-tracery on the east side. Each side of the nave has a central two-centred arched doorway; the north doorway is moulded, while the south doorway includes a gabled timber porch. The chancel also has a parapet and two bays of three-light windows, along with a north doorway in a moulded surround dated 1519 and a five-light Perpendicular window on the east.

Inside, the church features a hollow-chamfered tower arch supported by semi-octagonal responds with moulded caps, and a double chamfered chancel arch. There is a moulded Perpendicular arch over the entry to the vestry, which includes three carved angel bosses. Notable fittings include an early 16th century screen with open traceried panels and a moulded frame, an early 17th century pulpit with panels featuring perspective arches, and a marble font and carved stone reredos from the 19th to 20th centuries.

The north wall of the chancel displays brasses commemorating Alexander Anne, a priest from 1526, Isabella Giffard from 1523, and large figures of Roger and Mary Giffard with their 20 children from 1542. There are also several monuments, including an alabaster tomb chest with a recumbent effigy of Margaret Giffard from 1539, and a large wall monument on the south wall of the chancel dedicated to Edmund, Margaret, Ralph, and Mary Verney from 1653, created by Edward Marshall, featuring four white marble busts set in a classical surround of coloured marbles and gilt. Additional wall tablets commemorate Elizabeth Verney from 1686, Henry Verney from 1671 with Ionic columns and a segmental pediment, Urian Verney from 1608, and Mary Verney from 1694, along with an unnamed monument displaying a coat of arms flanked by wooden Tuscan columns.