All Saints, Fenton, has a fine Perpendicular tower of grey ashlar. The two bay north arcade is Norman. The chancel is a rebuild of 1838.

Good pews, some with original poppyheads.

Mark Acton, 2016

"Parish Church, C12, C13, C14, C15, 1838, restored 1875 and 1888"

"C19 and C20 timber roofs throughout, re-using some older timbers"

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John Piper photograph available in the Tate collection :-

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-8728-1-22-65/piper-photograph-of-all-saints-church-in-fenton-lincolnshire 

Peter Kirk Collection, 14 March 1999

Kelly's Directory 1930 notes :-

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone, chiefly in the, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with some Norman remains, and consists of chancel with chantry chapel on the north, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with crocketed spire and pinnacles and containing 3 bells, two of which bear the date 1569 and 1627:

the north aisle of two bays is Norman, and a fragment of Norman work remains beneath the pulpit, which is 15th century work :

the south aisle arcade is Decorated work of the late 13th century, but the windows of this aisle are Perpendicular, and to this period belong also the tower and spire:

the chancel was rebuilt in an inferior style in 1830:

in the chantry adjoining is an aumbry, and screen work of debased character partly encloses both:

some old bench ends remain, and there is a plain octangular font on a shafted pedestal:

in 1875 the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of £800, entirely defrayed by Richard Lucas esq. when the stalls and stall ends were renewed and the ends copied in facsimile of the originals :

there are 150 sittings"

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Looking along the north side of the church. A blocked C12 Norman doorway visible part way along the north aisle.

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Looking east towards the sanctuary. 

"Altar rail of c.1730"

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A second view of the chancel.

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Looking west towards the C15 screen and nave beyond.

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Chest with a design of foiled arches and circles which the church guide dates as early C17.

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Plain chest which the church guide states is possibly of circa.1700. 

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Norman pillar piscina.

"Small, mid C12 pier with scalloped capital fixed to south wall"

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Looking east towards the chancel.

Kelly's Directory 1930 notes :-

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone, chiefly in the, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with some Norman remains, and consists of chancel with chantry chapel on the north, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with crocketed spire and pinnacles and containing 3 bells, two of which bear the date 1569 and 1627:

the north aisle of two bays is Norman, and a fragment of Norman work remains beneath the pulpit, which is 15th century work :

the south aisle arcade is Decorated work of the late 13th century, but the windows of this aisle are Perpendicular, and to this period belong also the tower and spire:

the chancel was rebuilt in an inferior style in 1830:

in the chantry adjoining is an aumbry, and screen work of debased character partly encloses both:

some old bench ends remain, and there is a plain octangular font on a shafted pedestal:

in 1875 the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of £800, entirely defrayed by Richard Lucas esq. when the stalls and stall ends were renewed and the ends copied in facsimile of the originals :

there are 150 sittings"

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Looking west towards the tower arch.

White's Directory 1872 has "Fenton Church (All Saints) is a small structure of the 14th century, consisting of nave and chancel; a tower containing three bells, and a spire"

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"C19 pews with some C15 bench ends"

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Faint traces of medieval painting on the north nave arcade?

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"C15 pulpit of 4 panels with reticulated tracery with rosettes and chamfered rail"

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"C19 and C20 timber roofs throughout, re-using some older timbers"

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Looking east towards the north chapel.

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Looking west.

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"C12 round headed, single chamfered blocked doorway with hood mould"

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"Plaque of 1888 recording Richard Lucas' bequest of £250 for church repairs"

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"A.D.1888. RICHARD LUCAS, ESQ. OF EDITH WESTON, BEQUEATHED 250 POUNDS TO THE RECTOR & CHURCHWARDENS OF FENTON, THE INTEREST TO BE SPENT BY THEM, IN THE REPAIR AND SERVICES OF THE CHURCH"

White's Directory 1872 "Richard Lucas, Esq., is lord of the manor ... The Hall, built in 1507, and long a seat of the Lucas family, was partly burnt down about the year 1771, when its remains were converted into a farm house"

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North Chapel viewed from the chancel. Aumbry visible directly beneath the window.

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Looking east. Corbels visible beneath the window which might have originally supported an altar.

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Traces of earlier glass in the east window.

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Looking east.

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Looking west towards the font.

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"Table font with fragments of C13 capitals and bases used in more recent reconstruction"

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A display of leadwork marked with period graffiti . Presumably taken from the roofs following repair?

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Plaque above the south doorway.

"MRS M.D.LUCAS, OF EDITH WESTON IN THE COUNTY OF RUTLAND, LEFT BY WILL AUGUST 21ST 1868, ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, TO WHICH FIFTY POUNDS WERE ADDED BY HER EXECUTORS, THE INTEREST TO BE SPENT BY THE RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDENS IN THE PURCHASE OF COAL FOR THE POOR OF FENTON"

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C15 tower and spire.

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Hall viewed from All Saints Churchyard.

"Small country house. 1597, 1642, early C19, C20"

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White's Directory 1872 has " The Hall, built in 1507, and long a seat of the Lucas family, was partly burnt down about the year 1771, when its remains were converted into a farm house, now occupied by Mr. Jesse Thurlby"

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