Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
frozen-rafter-sienna
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1969
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Church Lane, Croughton
OS grid reference
SP 545 335
Coordinates
51.99773, -1.20636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating from the 12th to 14th centuries, with the chancel rebuilt in 1830. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a lead and slate roof. The church includes a chancel and north organ chamber, a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with porches, and a west tower. Chancel windows are from the 19th century, as is the east window and two south windows of the south aisle; the remaining south window is a 14th-century trefoiled lancet. C14 porches are located on the north and south sides. The north aisle features a three- and four-light window in the east and west walls, and a two-light window also from the 14th century in the north wall. Clerestory windows, dating from around 1300, are squared-headed with two cusped ogee lights. The three-stage west tower has Perpendicular square-headed bell openings; the west doorway is also Perpendicular with a window above.

Inside, stairs lead to a former rood loft from the south aisle. The north arcade, of the late 12th century, comprises 3.5 bays with plain pointed arches, round piers with square abaci, and capitals decorated with trumpet scallops and flat leaf carving. The early 13th-century south arcade has 3 bays with double-chamfered arches, round piers, moulded capitals, and stiff-leaf carving on the east respond. The C12 tower arch is pointed and plain. Reused stones, carved with Romanesque saltire crosses, are found on the west respond of the south aisle. A Romanesque font has been re-cut between the 14th and 15th centuries with a frieze of leaves and rosettes framing small animals and figures. A 17th-century pulpit is octagonal with a fluted frieze. The Perpendicular chancel screen has one-light traceried openings and a cornice with vine scrolls. Bench ends feature reused medieval tracery panels, and panelling in the north aisle is assembled from medieval tracery. The nave roof is Perpendicular with tracery between the beams and arched braces; the south aisle roof is similar. The church contains an important series of 14th-century wall paintings depicting scenes from the "Life of Christ" in the aisles, and fragments of a "Last Judgement" are located at the east end of the nave arcades.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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