Church Of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. A C12 Church.

Church Of All Saints

WRENN ID
tenth-stair-sage
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1954
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a church dating from the 12th to 14th centuries, with a chancel and vestry rebuilt in 1859 by A. Buckeridge. The construction utilizes regular coursed and squared coursed lias with ashlar dressings, topped with a lead and plain-tile roof. The church comprises an aisled nave, chancel, west tower, and south porch.

The south elevation of the chancel features a two-window range of 2-light square-headed windows with carved label stops; one window incorporates re-used 14th-century tracery. A plain arched doorway sits between the windows. The steep pitched roof has ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and a finial. A 19th-century east window is also present. The north elevation of the chancel mirrors the south, with a single window. The attached vestry, to the north aisle's east, is similarly constructed with a square-headed north door and a 3-light east window. The south aisle showcases a three-window range of 2-light windows with Y-tracery, a 3-light 19th-century east window, and a 2-light 14th-century square-headed west window. A lean-to roof with a plain ashlar parapet spans the south aisle, and a blocked tomb recess is located below the central window. A 14th-century gabled porch with a pointed outer arch featuring octagonal responds and a 12th-century semi-circular double-stepped inner arch, is positioned to the left of the center. The north aisle also displays a three-window range of 2-light square-headed windows and a similar west window. A pointed arched doorway is to the right of the center. The nave clerestory has a four-window range of 14th-century two-light square-headed windows, a shallow pitched roof with a castellated parapet, and two gargoyles on each side.

The short west tower comprises three stages with 3-stage angle buttresses on the lower stage. The upper stage features a triple arcade on each face, with double-chamfered pointed arches and blank centre openings flanked by bell-chamber openings. A corbel table sits above, supporting a castellated parapet and short octagonal pinnacles at the corners. Rainwater heads on the east face have the inscriptions "Will. Harris. Will. Farrow" and "1640".

Inside, a 4-bay nave arcade features double-chamfered arches with octagonal responds, and a 19th-century roof structure is present. A piscina is found in the south aisle, partly restored in the 19th century, along with a niche between windows. Fragments of a medieval wall painting depicting the "Doom" remain above the chancel arch. A Saxon wheel-head cross sits on the south aisle window sill, alongside a 19th-century reredos at the chancel’s east end. A 12th-century octagonal font, decorated with rosettes and interlace, is also present. Stained glass includes a window by Clayton and Bell in the chancel, one by A. Lusson in the south aisle (c. 1859), and 19th and 20th-century pieces in the belfry window and two south aisle windows. A pre-Reformation alms box is located in the nave.

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