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All Saints

All Saints

High Green

Norfolk

MATERIALS: Knapped, coursed flint with reused Roman brick and stone dressings.

Architectural Features

EXTERIOR: The substantial nave and chancel walls are constructed largely with C11

C15 fabric, comprising coursed flint facings and some re-used Roman brick quoins.

The tower is mainly C15 with C19 openings and stone quoins in the lower stages.

The tower, chancel and transept arches are Perpendicular (C14) in style.

The altar has a coloured marble reredos flanked by wall paintings of kneeling angels.

TG1406 : Stained glass window, Church of All Saints

the stained glass by Gibbs and Howard commemorates Charles Eyres, the Rector who died on All Saints day 1875.

TG1406 : Stained glass window, Church of All Saints

© N Chadwick

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS: Most fixtures and fittings are of 1883, apart from in the porch, where two C15 poppyhead pews

two C14 sarcophagus lids from St Mary’s are fixed.

TG1406 : All Saints, Great Melton - Font

The C19 font may rest on an earlier pedestal and has a carved wooden cover.

TG1406 : All Saints, Great Melton - Font

© John Salmon

Attached to the north wall of the aisle is a decorative war memorial to the parish dead of both World Wars.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online.