All Saints

The north aisle and arcade, north chapel, north vestry or Priest's house and the west tower are of the C15.

INTERIOR: The north vestry is two storeys and has a late C15 doorway to the chancel.

The fittings include a C13 piscina and sedilia in the chancel, some poppy head bench ends decorated with a dog, lion, bear and monkey and a very fine C18 marble wall monument filling the entire east wall of the north chapel.

It is to Edmund Humfrey dated 1727 and comprises triple arches with figures, the arches have fluted Corinthian columns and a central open semi-circular pediment with enrichments.

It is by Samuel Chandler and is one of the finest church monuments of its date.

There are brasses

one of a civilian, two wives and children , another to Richard Cannon of 1605 and one to Richard Humfrie of 1607.

HISTORY: Rettendon is a dispersed rural settlement to the southeast of Chelmsford and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086.

The nave and chancel are C13 in date, the west tower, north aisle, arcade

vestry being added in the C15.

However, the finials in the choir stalls and the backs of some of the choir benches appear to be C15 carving and it is conjectured that they may have formed part of an earlier rood screen.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: All Saints church of is a fine example of a modest English rural parish church with a high survival of medieval fabric, including the tower and priests chamber.

The church possesses many important interior medieval features, including the sedilia, piscina and medieval carvings.

Considerable additional interest is found in the marble Humfrey Monument of 1727, which is an outstanding example of early C18 sculpture by Samuel Chandler.