NHER 8204 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Crostwight

Some ironbound conglomerate, but visible structure all of about 1320, possibly with early use of brick; alterations in about 1400.
Top of tower removed in 1910. Contains important wallpaintings, font, rood screen.
Report (S1), architect's plans (S2) and press cuttings (S3) and (S4) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 August 1992.

April 1955. Listed, Grade I.
Listing Description:
Parish church. Substantially early 14th century, restored in the 19th century. Flint (partly knapped) with ashlar dressings. Nave roof of black glazed pantiles, chancel of thatch. West tower, nave and chancel. Two stage tower, the top stage removed in 1910. Diagonal western buttresses. Pointed lancet west window. Small rectangular ringing chamber windows. Stairs at northwest corner. Triangular headed window on east face below old roof line. Low pyramid roof to tower, tiled, of 1910. Square south porch with diagonal buttresses. Chamfered entrance arch on semi circular responds with crenellated capitals and polygonal bases. This arch of rendered brick. Over the arch a niche on the left and right. Plain parapet with roll moulded top. One arched lancet left of porch. Two restored Y tracery windows to right separated by stepped buttresses, repeated in north nave wall. Brick eaves cornice to nave. Eastern nave gable head on carved heads. South chancel wall pierced by two two light trefoiled square headed windows, between which are an arched priest's door and a wall monument to John Watts 1709. Diagonal east buttresses flank three light reticulated 14th century east window. One two light Y traceried north chancel window. North nave door with roll and chamfer mouldings.
Interior.
Double chamfered tower doorway. Double chamfered chancel arch with polygonal responds and capitals. 19th century scissor braced nave roof and similar chancel roof, but of heavier timbers. 13th century octagonal font with a Purbeck marble column and eight subsidiary stone columns. Excellent late 14th century wall paintings on north nave wall. 15th century chancel screen of three bays right and left of cusped ogeed central opening. Ogeed lights above dado mainly of the 19th century. Dado with quatrfoils in base of each panel and cusped and sub cusped at the top in the spandrels of which are carvings of winged angels, animals, sacred heart and other subjects. Information from (S5).
P. Aldridge (NLA), 21 March 2006.

Describes efforts to raise money needed to re-thatch roof, re-render walls and repair the exterior flint work, windows and lime plaster. Source also gives brief history of church.
See (S6) for more details.
M Langham-Lopez (HES), 05 November 2012.