Architectural Features
Chancel arch c.1270, chancel, nave arcades, and north aisle c.1300.
South arcade second and third bays rebuilt in C15.
West tower and clerestorey, south aisle rebuilt and both aisles extended westward, south porch added c.1500.
South elevation: West tower of three stages with clasping buttresses, moulded plinth and plain parapet, gargoyles at the angles with bands of quatrefoils below the string and on the plinth and between two upper stages.
Nave with embattled parapet and four early C16 clerestorey windows each of two plain square-headed lights.
South porch with moulded plinth and parapet and gargoyle in each side wall, four-centred outer archway of two moulded orders, the inner order with attached shafts with moulded and embattled capitals and moulded bases
Chancel with three windows, eastern window c.1300 reset with two-trefoiled lights
interlacing tracery, centre window early C14 of two pointed lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head, and western window mid C14 of two trefoiled lights with leaf-tracery in a two centred head, 'low-side' window below with iron grating, and blocked single light window
C16 doorway.
north arcade c.1310 with two-centred arches of two moulded orders and quatrefoiled columns with moulded capitals and bases on square plinths
south arcade one bay c.1310 and similar to north arcade, rebuilt bays with two-centred arches of two orders the outer chamfered and the inner hollow-chamfered, quatrefoil columns with moulded capitals and bases on square plinths set diagonally.
north aisle restored, c.1500, low-pitched of five bays with moulded tie beams and curved braces
south porch roof c.1500 of two bays with moulded main timbers.
Piscina and sedilia with moulded cinquefoiled head, C14
in south aisle early C16 piscina with four-centred head.
Font, C14 octagonal bowl with moulded edge, plain stem and restored plinth.
TL0893 : All Saints, Elton - Font
For monuments and floor slabs see RCHM and VCH.