Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church dating from the 12th to 14th centuries, with 17th-century alterations. It is constructed of regular coursed and squared coursed lias and limestone, with ashlar dressings and a lead roof. The church comprises an aisled nave, a chancel, and a west tower.

The chancel’s south elevation features a two-light square-headed window with Perpendicular tracery, a single low side window, and a 19th-century vestry projection with a two- and three-light square-headed window. The east window is a three-light Perpendicular window. The south aisle has a two-window range, containing a single-light window with an ogee head and a three-light window with 19th-century tracery. The east and west windows are single-light with ogee heads. A lean-to roof is topped with plain parapets. The south porch, situated between the windows, has a semi-circular outer opening and a gabled roof with a four-sided sundial at its apex; a dated tablet from 1682 is above the door opening. The north aisle also features a two-window range of ogee-headed windows with a north door between, and a similar west window, with a lean-to roof and plain parapet. The clerestory has a four-window range of 14th-century three-light windows with 4-centred arches, topped with a shallow gabled roof with brick and stone parapets. The three-stage west tower has angle buttresses and a two-light square-headed window on its south face. Bell-chamber openings in the third stage have 19th-century tracery, and the tower is topped with a castellated ashlar parapet.

Inside, the chancel arch has been restored in the 19th century. A three-bay nave arcade features double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers. The tower arch is triple-chamfered. The Perpendicular nave roof retains some original timbers with angel corbels, and the aisle roofs also contain original timbers. There are piscinas on the south walls of both the chancel and the south aisle. Stained glass is present in the south aisle’s east window, by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin; the adjacent south aisle window, the chancel’s east window, and the tower’s west window, all contain 19th-century stained glass. Various 19th-century marble tablets, some with Gothic surrounds, commemorate the Lowett, Lovell, Gulliver, and Heygate families. A 12th-century square font has scenes depicting the nativity, the baptism of Christ, the entry into Jerusalem, and Christ in glory, with carvings of the eagle of St. John and the angel of St. Matthew. A 17th-century communion rail has turned balusters.