Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, with substantial remodelling in the 17th century and a Victorian restoration. It is constructed of squared coursed lias with limestone dressings and has roofs covered in Collyweston slate. The church comprises an aisled nave, a chancel, a south chapel, a west tower, and a south porch.

The south side of the church features three windows, each with a 17th-century four-light design, featuring square heads and arched upper lights. A 17th-century four-centred arch with a drip mould forms the head of the south door to the right. The south aisle has a lean-to roof with a cast iron gutter and an ashlar gable parapet. The south chapel has a steeply gabled roof of stone slates, ashlar gable parapets, and corbelled eaves. The 14th-century south porch has a chamfered and moulded outer arch and a shallow gabled roof. Some original roof timbers remain, complete with moulded bosses. The east wall of the chancel and the south chapel presents a pair of gables, with the chancel gable containing a 19th-century three-light window featuring Y-tracery and a finial.

The north side of the chancel includes a single window, a 17th-century four-light square-head design with arched upper lights, beneath a steeply gabled stone slate roof with ashlar gable parapets and corbelled eaves. The north aisle features two windows of the same 17th-century design as the south. A blocked north door is also present, alongside a 19th-century two-light east window. The nave clerestory consists of three windows, each with two lights and a wood mullion.

The 14th-century west tower has three stages with clasping buttresses on the lower two stages. The lower stage contains a two-light window, while the upper stage features two-light bell-chamber openings on each face. A plain ashlar parapet tops the tower. Various 18th and 19th-century inscribed tablets are affixed to the exterior walls.

Inside, a three-bay nave arcade features semi-circular arches with double and single chamfered profiles; the southern arches are from the 13th century, and the northern ones from the 14th century, supported by octagonal piers. A 19th-century chamfered and moulded chancel arch is also present. Two 19th-century half round arches lead to the south chapel, now used as a vestry. 19th-century roof structures are in place, though some original timbers may survive in the nave. An 18th-century fielded panelled pulpit and a 19th-century panelled dado along the aisle walls are also noteworthy features. Several monuments are present, including a brass to Ann Boroeghe (died 1577) on the south wall of the chancel, late 18th-century wall tablets to the Griffin family in the south chapel, inscribed brass tablets to the same family in the floor, and various tablets to the Hungerford family on the north wall of the north aisle, including one of black and white marble surmounted by a flaming urn. A brass tablet commemorating Countess Beatty (died 1932), wife of Admiral, Earl Beatty, is located on the west wall of the south aisle, and the north aisle east window contains early 20th-century stained glass.

This church demonstrates group value through its architectural history and the quality of its features.