All Saints

EXTERIOR: West tower with early C13 base, angled buttresses and late medieval upper part with a decorated frieze and eight pinnacles.

The chancel is of early C13 date, possibly earlier, with a small window to the north.

The east window of the aisle is of C15 date with quatrefoil detail.

The north wall (aisle) is of C14 with Decorated style windows.

The organ and alabaster monument are situated at the east end of the aisle.

Much old clear glass survives.

FITTINGS: Stylish C18 marble baluster font with waterleaf decoration presumably contemporary with the early C18 remodelling of the church.

There is also a plain wooden C18 pulpit.

MONUMENTS: C17 Alabaster table tomb with effigies to Sir Thomas Skrymsher and his wife Anne by Garrat Hollemans.

The monument to Sir Thomas Skrymsher (†1633) and his wife Anne (†1656) who lived at Forton Hall, the Jacobean building next to the church. [[4461257]]

© Mike Searle

HISTORY: Garrat Hollemans was on of a number of alabasterers working out of Burton upon Trent in the C17.

The Skrymshers built the original Aqualate Hall (to the south east of Forton) in the early C17.

Summary of Importance: When assessing churches for listing, high quality work of any period after the Reformation combined with medieval work would normally result in a high grade, but the survival of C16 - C18 work, partly because of the age and partly because of the paucity of church building in this period, is even more likely to result in a high grade.

All Saints Church not only possesses substantial early medieval fabric with its C13 chancel and tower but also was remodelled in 1723.