Architectural Features
The nave was rebuilt or extended in the late C12 and has a Transitional W door
The chancel was rebuilt in the C13, and the NE tower was also added in the early C13
The NE vestry was added at an unknown date, but may also be C13
The NE chapel was added in the C15 and was a chantry chapel for members of the Rufford family
There was also other work in the C15, including the installation of the S chancel door and the former rood screen
By 1840 it had a W gallery and a triple-decker pulpit, both removed during C19 restorations
The medieval screen, `a curious Gothic carving in oak, in excellent preservation', appears to have survived until at least the early C19, but a new screen was installed in 1869
SOURCES: Buildings of England London 3: South (2002), 188-9 Illustrated Guide to the Parish Church of All Saints, Orpington (1980) REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The church of All Saints, Orpington is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * For its interest as a parish church with Anglo-Saxon origins, good late C12 W door, C13 NE tower and chancel, W porch of c.1370, C15 NE chapel. * For its fixtures
partial Anglo-Saxon sundial, late C12 or early C13 font, late C14 tomb recess in W porch, and two early C16 brasses. * For the quality of its more recent phases, in particular the good rood screen of 1916 by W D Caroë and very large S extension of 1957-8 to designs by Geddes Hyslop