Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a church dating back to around 1400, built on a 12th-century site or utilising 12th-century materials. A tower was added in the 15th century, and a north transept was incorporated during a late 19th-century restoration. The tower is constructed of coursed squared ashlar, while the nave and chancel are built of coursed cobbles with a limestone plinth and quoins, all under a graduated stone slate roof.

The tower is a three-stage Perpendicular design, featuring a three-light west window and a clock above. Additional openings are present on the second and belfry stages, each with two lights and a four-centred arch. A string course runs along the tower, culminating in a battlemented parapet adorned with gargoyles and crocketed finials. A staircase tower is attached to the south side of the main structure.

The nave consists of four bays, incorporating a north aisle and a transept chapel. The chancel is two bays long. The south door is located in bay two and features a late 12th-century arch with three orders of colonnettes and waterleaf capitals. An adjacent round-headed window is also contemporary. A blocked round-arched doorway is visible to the left of the chancel, alongside a second blocked doorway with a shouldered arch centrally located within the chancel. Four two-light, square-headed, Perpendicular windows are positioned in bays one and three of the nave and bays one and two of the chancel. The east window comprises three lights with reticulated tracery, set under a hoodmould featuring head stops. The vestry’s east window has two lights, matching those on the south side.

The interior features a north arcade with three bays, characterised by heavy round piers, moulded capitals, and round arches with slight chamfers. A narrow, splayed, round-headed window in the north wall of the chancel opens into the later vestry. Double chamfers are present on the tower arch. A monument to Jacob Thwaites (1602) is located on the north wall of the tower, exhibiting gadrooning, lion masks, strapwork, and coats of arms. A weathered stone block with chamfered corners and a hollow on top is believed to have been a font, although it may alternatively be a cross base. The pulpit, altar, and altar rails were erected between 1880 and 1900; the 1880 east window is by Hardman. The church holds historical significance as the marriage location of Colonel Edward Wolfe and Henrietta Thompson, parents of James Wolfe of Quebec, in 1727.