Church of All Saints, Newland

Heritage listing

Details SO 50 NE NEWLAND NEWLAND VILLAGE CENTRE 8/96 Church of All Saints 12.12.53 (formerly listed under Newland) I Parish Church. Begun early C13, mid C14 and early C15 south and north chancel chapels, and late C19 clerestory and restorations. Rubble stone, dressed stone quoins, stone slate roof with coped gables with cross finials. West tower, nave and broad 3-bay aisles, gabled south porch with adjoining gabled chantry chapel 1305, chancel with flanking chapels. Tower is of 3 stages with string courses and stepped diagonal buttresses. Large west window with Y tracery and elongated quatrefoil above and many ogee lights on upper stages. Pierced parapet with pointed trefoil decoration and grouped crocketed pinnacles at each corner with spire finials. South east corner has curved belfry stair and enlarged pinnacle group. Clock face to east. 1305 chantry chapel has 3-light Perpendicular window with drip mould and carved head label stops. Large 5-light intersecting tracery window to south chancel chapel. North chancel chapel has 3-light Perpendicular window, pierced cusped parapet and internal rood stair entrance. Interior: nave roof has collar and tie beam trusses with curved windbracing between beams and struts to posts. 5 bay arcade of pointed arches on octagonal pillars with C19 clerestory of alternate one-and 3-light windows. Fine ironwork screen across south aisle to south chancel chapel which contains some medieval floor tiles. Early C17 wooden communion rail with spiral balusters. Octagonal font 1661 of local craft with shields in cartouches and simple leaf and geometrical decoration on shaft. Stained glass by Clayton & Bell in C19 renewed east window and by Kempe 1898 in south chantry chapel. Many floor tombstones from C17, and wall monuments including several C1

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.