All Saints

Coved cornice with central and corner gargoyles over, topped by embattled parapets with corner and central crocketed pinnacles.

North elevation has blank wall of coursed squared gritstone below two, early C16, three-light recessed and chamfered mullioned clerestory windows with segmental headed lights and incised spandrels, to aisless section of nave.

East window to south nave aisle similar to clerestory windows, whilst south elevation has two early C14 windows with buttress between, that to east three-light with intersecting tracery and hoodmould, that to west Y-traceried with carved head label stops to sides.

Projecting south porch to west has diagonal buttresses either side of moulded, pointed doorcase with additional soffit mould, beyond inner door chamfered with hoodmould and carved labels.

Beyond to west the nave aisle has similar west window to that on north aisle and nave wall has similar window again, but probably C15, with segmental tomb niche below.

INTERIOR: has three-bay south and north arcades, that to south late C12 with semi-circular, double chamfered arches on columns with many-scalloped capitals, that to north later with slightly pointed double-chamfered arches on thinner columns with volute capitals, also decorated with heads.

Fine C15, heavily moulded, ribbed roof with carved central bosses to nave, C19 copies to chancel and nave aisles.

Mosaic reredos, panel traceried wooden choir stalls with elaborate poppy heads, brass altar rail, and pulpit designed by Norman Shaw, nave pews very simple but probably also by Shaw.

Several stained glass windows, including fine 1876 east window by Burne-Jones, an 1894 window to south and C20 window to north of chancel.

Numerous memorials, including good wall memorial to Rogerus Rooe in north nave aisle of 1613 in painted limestone with classical aedicule, topped by coat of arms and below, in semicircular arch, two kneeling figures of man and a woman with altar between inscribed 'Hic iacet Rogerus Rooe de Alport AR.

Qui Obiit 30 Aprlis AN Dom 1613', beneath eight small girls praying.

To east wall of north aisle is an alabaster plaque of 1492 to Robert and Julia Gilbert with central figure of the Virgin and to sides the kneeling figures of Julia and numerous daughters and Robert with numerous sons, around the edge a Latin inscription.

Just to north of this, a small brass memorial to Fridswide Gilbert, probably early C17,with figure of lady dressed in Elizabethan costume.

Above, to north, a classical style memorial with swags and cherubs to Carolius Greaves of 1729.

To north side of the chancel, is a C14 effigy of a knight with his feet on a lion

to the centre of the chancel, a fine marble tomb in alabaster to Thomas Cockayne, who died 1488 with a diminutive effigy of a knight in armour to the top with his feet on a lion and his head on a chicken, and figures of angels to the sides, holding painted coats of arms.

Other memorials include two C19 marble ones to aisless part of nave and one in the tower with coat of arms dated 1685.

Stone font in nave C12 with round bowl on central stem with four small columns to sides, bowl carved with decorative motifs and to south side it has an extra small bowl supported by salamander corbel.

SK2164 : All Saints, Youlgrave - Font

© John Salmon

This font was removed from Elton Church in C19.

Opposite the font to west of north arcade is a small figure in a semicircular niche, probably a carving of a pilgrimage.