All Saints Church, Little Wenham

All Saints Church, Little Wenham
All Saints Church, Little Wenham,
All Saints Church, Little Wenham Location in Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°00′43″N 1°01′51″E / 52.0119°N 1.0309°E / 52.0119; 1.0309
OS grid reference	TM 081 392
Location	Little Wenham, Suffolk
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	22 February 1955
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Flint and brick Roofs tiled

All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Little Wenham, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in an isolated position close to Little Wenham Hall, about 0.6 miles (1 km) to the northwest of Capel St. Mary.

The church dates from the 13th century. The tower and the south porch were added in the 15th century, and in the following century the tower was raised by the addition of a bell chamber. A dedication to Saint Lawrence has also been associated with the church.

All Saints is constructed in flint, with the top stage of the tower in brick. The porch is timber-framed, and the roofs are tiled. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel, with a south porch and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with angle buttresses decorated with flushwork. On the east of the south face is an angled stair turret. In the lowest stage of the tower is a window with three lights. The middle stage contains a small louvred trefoiled opening on the north, west and south sides. Under the opening on the west side is a niche. The top stage is battlemented and contains small bell openings. The east wall of the church has angle buttresses, and a parapet surmounted by a cross finial. The east window has three lights. Towards the east end of the north wall of the church is a two-light window with Y-tracery, and to its west is a lancet window, a three-light window, and a doorway. In the south wall, from the east are a six-light window set higher than the others, a doorway into the chancel, and three windows with Y-tracery. On the middle buttress are three scratch dials and the gnomon of a former sundial. The porch is timber-framed on a brick base. Above the doorway, in the gable, are three wooden niches.