All Saints Church, Sutton (EHER 9601)

Parish Church. Early 17th century rebuilding of chancel and nave, although 12th century chancel arch, 14th-15th century bell turret. Date on south porch 1633. Circa 1869 and later repairs and restorations. Ragstone rubble, Reigate and Barnack stone dressings. Red plain tiled roofs, cedar shingles to bell turret and spirelet.

July 1959. Grade II* listed. A parish church with an early 17th century chancel and nave, and 14th/15th century bell turret. A date on the south porch reads 1633. In around 1869 the building was repaired and restored. It is built from ragstone rubble, with Reigate and Barnack stone dressings. There are red plain tiled roofs, with cedar shingles to the bell turret and spirelet. <1> Walls are of ragstone rubble with dressings of Reigate and Barnack Stone. Roofs are tiled and the bell turret is boarded. Chancel and nave were built in the first half of the 12th century; the bell tower was added in the 15th century. Plate in RCHM. Features and fittings include: 12th and 14th century window and window details; 13th century doorway in the south wall of the chancel; 12th century north doorway in nave (disused) with a 15th-16th century door, now used as a cupboard; early 13th century south doorway in the nave (plate in RCHM); the bell turret has 15th century framing with 17th century additions. The chancel roof is 15th century with a king-post truss; nave roof of the same date with three king post trusses. Coffin lid in churchyard of Purbeck Marble, 13th century. There is a 13th century font (part 'modern'); remains of painted decoration on the splays of a 12th century window in the chancel; benches in chancel and west tower of 16th century but much repaired. The south porch was added in around 1633 and spandrels are carved with the date. The bell frame of the turret has four inner posts added probably in the 17th century. Fixtures and fittings include: one bell said to be 1638; late 17th century communion rails and communion table of around 1660; floor slab in the churchyard, approximately 1661; early 17th century panelling in the south porch with carefully cut names on the west side wall, in around 1647; plate includes a cup of 1601; 17th century benches. <2> <3> The church was repaired and restored in around 1869. <4> 14th-15th century bell turret. The chancel roof has one crown post, nave roof has three crown posts. The south door is a rare type of which only five are known in Essex; there is a similar door at Castle Hedingham and Elmstead. <4> <5> Church marked on Chapman and Andre map (1777) at Sutton Hall. <6> <7> Site Assessment: South doorway is a good example of 13th century work. NRHE data transfer: All Saint's Church (C of E) [NAT]. <8> See also <9>.