All Saints, Wilbarston
All Saints, Wilbarston
All Saints is a Grade II* parish church on Church Street, Wilbarston, Northamptonshire, in the Diocese of Peterborough. It stands on a hillside overlooking the Welland Valley.
- Location
- Wilbarston, Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Northamptonshire
- City / town
- Wilbarston
- Address
- Church Street, Wilbarston, Northamptonshire, LE16 8QG
- Postcode
- LE16 8QG
- Built
- C12, C13 and C14; restored C19 (1884 by G F Bodley)
- Architect
- G F Bodley (1884 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- All Saints
- Diocese
- Peterborough
- Parish
- Wilbarston
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Norman to Decorated, with C19 restoration
- Materials
- Regular coursed, squared coursed and ashlar limestone and ironstone; stone slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SP 811 883
- Opening hours
- The church is open most days during daylight hours.
- Access
- Steps to enter the church or churchyard.
Overview
Historic England dates the church to the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, restored in the nineteenth century. The listing describes regular coursed, squared coursed and ashlar limestone and ironstone with stone slate roofs: aisled nave, chancel, west tower and south porch. A blocked twelfth-century south door to the chancel has a single-chamfered semi-circular arch. The west tower is of three stages with limestone and ironstone ashlar and a broach spire. Interior arcades mix twelfth- and thirteenth-century work.
The National Churches Trust and the county HER record a restoration of 1884 by G. F. Bodley, including medieval-style stencilled roof decoration. A 1994 watching brief during drainage works found possible foundations on a different alignment, perhaps of an earlier church. The church is usually open most days in daylight hours.