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All Saints

All Saints

Grafham

Cambridgeshire

Parish church mainly C14 but plan suggests an earlier church on site.

Architectural Features

Late C14 west tower of pebble

rubble stone with coursed stone ashlar to 2 stage diagonal buttressing and to quoins of C15 half octagonal newel staircase at south-east corner.

C15 west window of 3 cinquefoil lights in 4-centred head with label and plain returns.

Two-stage, ashlared broach spire on octagonal base with C17 obelisk pinnacles to broaches.

Mid C13 nave of rubble and pebble- stone.

Plain tiled with crested ridge tiles and 2 gabled dormers to south side, each with leaded lights in pointed arches.

C13 chancel.

C13 north doorway with chamfered jambs in 2-centred head with roll moulded label and return stops.

C15 two-light window on site of C15 opening.

Early C13 east window, much restored in C16 or C17.

Two early C13 windows in south wall.

C14 south chapel.

Two C14 windows (restored) of 2 lights in ogre arches with square heads.

Pebblestone and rubble incorporating in west wall fragments of architecture and a mediaeval tomb slab with figure of a priest in vestments carved in relief.

Interior C13 north arcade of 4 bays.

Late C13 or early C14 south arcade.

C16 pent roof with original chamfered beams and moulded wall plate.

C19 nave roof of 4 bays with 2 C17 roof trusses surviving.

North aisle has C16 roof of 5 bays.

C15 rood staircase in south-east corner.

C13 chancel arch rebuilt.

C13 piscina in south wall of chancel.

C14 font, tapering octagonal bowl on round stem with plinth.

Each face carved.

Fragments of C16 work in bench at west end of nave.