Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church dating to the 14th century with 19th-century additions and a restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1868. It is constructed of lias ashlar with a plain fishscale tile roof. The church comprises an aisled nave, a chancel, and a west tower.

The chancel, designed by Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby, has three lancet windows with gabled buttresses, a triple lancet east window, and a lozenge window above. An organ chamber projection extends from the north side of the chancel. The south aisle, likely 14th century and restored in 1868, features two 3-light windows with reticulated tracery, along with matching east and west windows. A gabled porch sits between the windows. The north aisle has three 2-light square-headed windows from the 14th century, and a pointed arched head doorway between the second and third windows from the left. A lean-to roof with an ashlar gable parapet covers the north side. The nave clerestory wall is partially visible from beneath the gabled roof. The west tower has three stages with clasping buttresses and incorporates remains of a gargoyle. A 2-light window with a pointed arched head is at ground floor level, and there are two 2-light bell openings on each face of the third stage. Its parapet is crenellated.

Inside, the 14th-century nave arcade has three bays with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers; the south side has hollow chamfers. Blocked quatrefoil clerestory windows are found on the north wall of the nave. A double chamfered chancel arch leads to the chancel, and the chancel walls are painted with 19th-century motifs. The roof is also 19th century. The belfry contains 14th-century glazed floor tiles. A 17th-century painted inscription is featured with strapwork surrounds. Stained glass includes a west window by Powell and other 19th-century glass in several windows, including the east window. Monuments include an incised alabaster slab to William Holdenby (died 1490) and his wife at the east end of the south aisle, alongside a 14th-century grave slab. A piscina with a ribbed head is also present in the south aisle. The chancel has 19th-century misericords and a stall dating to around 1720, of French design with ribbon work. The chancel and belfry screens, and the reredos are reputed to have formed part of the hall screen at Holdenby Palace in the 17th century, and are constructed with Roman Doric columns, a metope frieze, and slender columns above the dado. The top and middle arch have tapering pilasters flanked by two foliage volutes with openwork. The village immediately to the south was relocated when Holdenby Palace was built.