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All Saints

All Saints

Great Sturton

Lincolnshire

Cll, C13, C14, C16, C18, restored 1904 by T. J. Micklethwaite.

Architectural Features

Small central early C13 doorway with pointed head, chamfered surround and blocked with red brick.

Large pointed mid C14 window above, very heavily restored in 1904, with 3 round headed, cusped lights and 3 cusped mouchettes.

Outline of 3 C13 north arcade bays with pointed heads and fragments of abaci of eastern respond and western-most pier.

Small mid C13 pointed window with chamfered surround and cusped inner light.

Large pointed C14 window to east heavily restored in early C20, with 3 cusped lights, that in centre with ogee head, flanked by tall pointed lights

South side of chancel with C20 brick plinth, upper band of C18 brick with C20 dentillated eaves above. pointed C13 doorway to east with chamfered surround in one, blocked with red brick.

C16 rectangular window to west with 3 lights and chamfered mullions, red brick relieving arch above blocked in with C20 brick.

C14 gargoyle re-set above of figure with wimple and hands on knees.

C16 plank door.

Early C14 window to west of porch with pointed head, 2 round headed, cusped lights, mouchette and hood mould.

Interior tower arch of C16 timber probably re-set from aisled hall.

Re-used C16 timbers without moulded decoration in north-west and south-west corners, probably outer timbers of original aisled hall.

Early C17 wall painting on north wall of Time and Death.

Mid C13, three bay north arcade partially exposed.

Second pier to east with mid C13 capital of 4 attached shafts alternating with re-entrant curves.

Round probably earlier pier below (or possible later encasing of C13 pier).

Mid C13 chancel arch with keeled and filleted responds, keeled moulded capitals damaged by rood screen no longer extant, and double chamfered pointed arch.

C13 south chancel doorway with segmental head.

C14 octagonal font heavily restored in early C20 with flowing cusped decoration and tall octagonal base with cusped ogee heads.

Early C20 pews, lecturn and pulpit.