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All Saints

Upper Dean

Bedfordshire

C14, remodelled C15

Architectural Features

C14 3-stage West tower has octagonal spire with lucarnes, plain parapet with frieze of grotesque heads beneath and gargoyle to centre of each side

Nave has 3-bay North and South arcades on C14 bases but raised later, probably when clerestory added in C15

North aisle, South aisle and South porch remodelled C15, North and South chapels added at same time

C13 chancel arch

C14 chancel has C15 windows

Exterior has projecting carved heads, 2 flanking East windows, one to South wall below plain parapet

C15 nave and aisle roofs with angels carrying instruments of Passion and musical instruments

C14 octagonal font to South aisle

C14 canopied tomb recess to North aisle

C17 wall monuments to North and South chapels

Perpendicular wood pulpit

Elaborate medieval wood rood and chapel screens and Jacobean gate to rood screen

Photo coming soon