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All Saints

Ashdon

Essex

A church mainly of the C14-C15 with some C16 clerestorey windows which are mentioned in a will of 1527.

Architectural Features

There are many C14 features and particularly notable is the south chapel with a fine early C14 kingpost roof with a quatrefoil post, moulded capital and 4-way braces.

The chapel and chancel are separated by a 2-bay early C14 arcade.

The nave arcades and chancel arch are circa 1400.

The chancel and aisles have C14-C15 roofs and there are a number of C14 windows in the south aisle, the north wall of the north-west chapel and the south chapel.

The west tower, with a stepped parapet and a spire, has angle buttresses and an early C14 window.

The internal fittings include an early C16 altar tomb with cusped panels and an early C16 achievement of arms, both to the Tyrrel family.