Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a building of Norman origin, with substantial additions dated 1686 and an early 19th-century vestry, alongside repairs to the nave and chancel. It is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble and squared blocks, with ashlar details, and has a graduated stone slate roof. The church comprises a three-bay nave with a bellcote, a single-storey gabled porch on the south side, and a north aisle. It also includes a three-bay chancel with a family pew built against the north side of the first bay.

The south porch has an 8-panelled door within an eared architrave bearing the inscription "1686" and a cornice. The inner entrance is round-arched with paired 3-panel doors. A stepped buttress projects to the left of the porch, and windows to the right include a narrow 12th-century lancet, a 3-light Perpendicular window, and a 2-light chamfered mullion window with round-headed lights. The chancel, set back from the nave, features a 6-panel door in the south side of the first bay, set within a pointed arch and accompanied by a plaque commemorating the 1819 repairs, funded by William Vavasour and the parish, and acknowledging the involvement of the Revd John Carter and churchwardens. To the left of the door are two windows with 2 trefoil-headed lights. The chancel east window has 3-light geometric tracery, while the north wall incorporates a chambered window with 2 trefoil-headed lights, a similar 3-light window to the family pew, and a chamfered window with 4 round-headed lights on the north side of the nave. The west end of the nave has a chamfered window with 3 round-headed lights, and a plain square casement. A massive stepped buttress stands between the nave and north aisle. Incorporated into the chancel north wall are three carved stones, remnants of an Anglo-Saxon cross. A square bellcote with double arches sits on the roof ridge.

The interior features a round early 19th-century chancel arch set upon 12th-century jambs, and a double-chamfered pointed arch leading to the family pew. Double-chamfered pointed arches define the arcade of the north aisle; all but the chancel arch are blocked by the vestry built into the north aisle's west end. The arches are supported by octagonal piers with moulded capitals, which bear raised motifs including the Tau cross. A tomb of Sir William Stopham (d. 1317) exists within the family pew, featuring a ridged tomb with a cross-hilted sword. The tomb of William Vavasour (d. 1587) is housed under an ogee-arched recess in the chancel north wall. Numerous memorials and hatchments related to the Vavasour and Dawson families are located in the family pew, alongside a fine stone plaque dedicated to William Vavasour (d. 1820) on the chancel south wall. The nave boasts a fine 18th-century three-decker pulpit with a sounding board, box-pews, and a font with an octagonal stem and small bowl, topped with a ball finial. The chancel has a moulded cornice, while the nave features plain roof trusses. A 1789 painting from Weston Hall depicts a lower chancel roof compared to that of the nave, suggesting a raising of the chancel roof during the 1819 rebuilding.