Church of All Saints

A medieval church with mainly simple C19 Gothic detailing, comprising nave with narrower chancel under a single roof, N transept, S vestry and W tower. The nave has 2 pairs of pointed windows in the S wall, L of which is a blocked former segmental-headed doorway. Between the windows is a fragment of Early Christian memorial stone. The lower vestry has a pointed S window below a corbelled stack, and with ashlar upper part, with outshut generator house (added in 1928) to the W side. The chancel has a single pointed S window, 3-light E window but without tracery above the main lights. On the N side is a vertical joint and brick haunches of a former arched opening. The lower N transept has 2 pointed windows under a single relieving arch. The nave has only a single pointed N window. The main entrance to the church is through the 3-stage W tower, which is battered at the base and has larger quoins in the lower stage. The lower stage has a pointed W doorway with continuous chamfer and double boarded doors with strap hinges. On the S side is a lintelled opening to a stair, set at high level. Above this level are narrow W and S openings, and a similar but higher opening in the N face. The simple belfry openings have louvres. The embattled parapet is on a corbel table.

The church is entered through the tower, which has a pointed tunnel vault typical of the region. Double boarded doors with strap hinges lead into the nave, which has a 4-bay arched-brace roof of 1862. The simple double chamfered chancel arch dies into the imposts. The N transept has a similar arch. The chancel roof has closely spaced scissor braces. A recess is in the chancel S wall, of uncertain date and purpose, and the pointed vestry doorway has a boarded door and strap hinges. Decorative tiles in the sanctuary were laid in 1934. The octagonal font has a stem of 4 clustered shafts, and sunk quatrefoils to alternate facets around the bowl. Plain panelled pews and octagonal pulpit. Flanking the E window are painted metal panels with the 10 Commandments. Glass in the E window, dated 1862, depicts the Crucifixion, Baptism and Last Supper, possibly by Charles Gibbs of London, who produced the decorative stained glass in the N transept window. The nave N window has a meditation on the theme of Resurrection depicted through the life of a butterfly, dated 1988 by Nikki Thorpe.