All Saints Church, Claverley

All Saints Church, Claverley
Tower of All Saints Church, Claverley, and churchyard cross
All Saints Church, Claverley Location in Shropshire
52°32′18″N 2°18′26″W / 52.5383°N 2.3072°W / 52.5383; -2.3072Coordinates: 52°32′18″N 2°18′26″W / 52.5383°N 2.3072°W / 52.5383; -2.3072
OS grid reference	SO 793 934
Location	Claverley, Shropshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	claverley-tuckhill.co.uk
History
Founder(s)	Roger de Montgomerie
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	9 March 1970
Architect(s)	W. Wood Bethell (rebuilding of tower)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman, Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone
Administration
Parish	Claverley
Deanery	Bridgnorth
Archdeaconry	Ludlow
Diocese	Hereford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Garry Ward

All Saints Church is in the village of Claverley, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bridgnorth, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with that of Holy Innocents, Tuck Hill. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

The church can trace its origins back to the 7th century. The present church was founded by Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in 1094. The tower was doubled in height and angle buttresses were added to it towards the end of the 15th century. At about the same time the north chapel was added. In 1902 the top two stages of the tower were rebuilt, faithfully copying the original design, by W. Wood Bethell.

All Saints is constructed in red sandstone. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a three-bay chancel with two-bay chapels to the north and south. In the centre of the south side of the church is a four-stage tower, with a two-storey porch to its west, and the south chapel to its east. On the south side of the tower is a Norman round-headed window. The chancel, with its five-light east window, is Decorated in style, and the south chapel is Perpendicular. The north chapel contains both Decorated and Perpendicular windows. The windows in side of the north aisle, and the west window of the nave are Decorated. There are Perpendicular windows in the south aisle, in the clerestory, and at the west end of the north aisle. The south porch and the north doorway are also Perpendicular.