Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building located in Sherburn in Elmet. The church features a nave and north aisle dating from the 12th century, a chancel from the 13th century, a south aisle and extension to the north aisle from the 14th century, and a south aisle chapel from the 15th century. There have been later additions and alterations, including a clerestory from the 16th century, new windows in the north aisle, and the heightening of the tower. The east end was restored in 1857 by Anthony Salvin, along with a 19th-century vestry.

The church is constructed from magnesian limestone ashlar and has a two-stage west tower, a four-bay aisled nave (with the fifth bay embracing the tower), a south porch, a south chapel, and a two-bay chancel with a north vestry. The tower features massive diagonal offset buttresses, twin-light pointed bell openings on each side with Perpendicular tracery, and battlements topped with crocketed pinnacles. The south porch includes a reused opening with zigzag moulding on a pointed head, supported by shafts with waterleaf capitals. The round-arched south door is set under a hood-mould, featuring a keeled roll and a plank door.

The south chapel has a diagonal buttress and straight-headed windows with three cinquefoil lights. The south aisle contains three-light pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery, while the north aisle has a single slit window and otherwise features three-light, straight-headed Perpendicular windows, including similar windows in the embattled clerestory. The chancel has a pointed plank priest's door and three lancets, with the vestry located on the north side. The east end showcases three lancets with a vesica in the gable.

Inside, there is a triple-chamfered round tower arch, with a round-arched shafted window above, also with waterleaf capitals. The tower vault is adorned with chamfered ribs. The nave arcade consists of round arches on cylindrical piers, some featuring scallop capitals. Niches for tombs are present in both aisles, and there is an ogee window between the south aisle and the chancel. The chancel arch is double chamfered. Notably, against the east and south walls of the south aisle are the two faces of the 15th-century Janus cross.