NHER 10502 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Belton

All Saint's Church, Belton.

November 1954. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Parish church. Nave and chancel Decorated. West tower rebuilt 1849 when general restoration carried out. Further restorations to chancel 1866 and to nave 1881. Flint with ashlar dressings. Plain tile roofs. Circular three-stage tower. Cusped lancet to west. Slits to ringing chamber and louvred cusped belfry lights. Plain parapet. Diagonal stepped east and west buttresses to nave and two side buttresses to flanks. Gabled south porch of 15th century with some flushwork decoration and diagonal buttresses...Arched north doorway. Double wave moulded inner south doorway with ogee arch and finial...North and south priests' doorways…
Interior: Hollow chamfered and arched tower doorway. Scissor braced nave roof of 1881. Double chamfered chancel arch. 13th-century Purbeck marble font: octagonal on plinth...Late 14th-century wall paintings on north nave wall. St. James the Major to west. St. Christopher to east of doorway. Above and east of this a very faint representation of the Three Quick and the Three Dead. 14th-century chancel screen of five bays right and left of double doors...Arch braced chancel roof of 1866. Stepped sedilia and angle piscina in south chancel. In north chancel wall a cusped ogeed tomb recess, with finial."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Aldridge (NLA) 29 July 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 October 2022.

On (S2), late 17th century, this is shown as Belton Chapel, though it has always been a parish church.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 October 1999.

1987. Architectural Survey.
The remains of the old font is probably dates from the Saxon period and church records mention that a church stood here during the reign of Henry I (AD 1100). It is possible that the church was altered and restored during the reign of Edward III (AD 1327) and a sculpture of Edward and Queen Philippa is inserted into the arch of the south porch. It was during the 19th century restoration that the present Purbeck Marble font was restored and its broken pillars replaced. While this work was undertaken the old Saxon font was discovered beneath the current font.
See (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 27 October 2011.