All Saints Church, Ulcombe

All Saints Church, Ulcombe
Location within Kent
Coordinates: 51°13′02″N 0°38′34″E / 51.217237°N 0.642717°E / 51.217237; 0.642717
Location	Ulcombe, Kent
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	[1]
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	26 April 1968
Completed	12th to 15th centuries, restorations 20th century
Administration
Deanery	North Downs
Archdeaconry	Maidstone
Diocese	Canterbury
Province	Canterbury

All Saints is a parish church in Ulcombe, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.

The church was begun in the 12th century, with alterations made during the next three centuries. Internal alterations were made in 1956–63 and the church was restored in the 1980s. The church is constructed variously of coursed and rubble stonework and plain tiled roofs to the nave and chancel. It is a Grade I listed building.

The nave is adjoined along its south side by an aisle and on the eastern end of the north side by a chapel. The chancel has chapels on the north and south sides. The 15th-century west tower is in three stages on a plinth with a battlemented parapet above a moulded string with gargoyles. A taller stair turret, also with battlements and gargoyles, is attached to the south-east corner. The belfry openings in the third stage are two-lighted with cinquefoiled heads. The second stage contains single light windows with trefoiled heads on the three outward facing sides. The west window above the west door is of three lights and traceried. Attached to the south side of the tower is a 19th-century or more recent rubble-built vestry with a lean-to roof. The vestry contains a repositioned medieval trefoil-headed window and a 19th-century doorway and window on the south side.

The south aisle is 13th century with a plain parapet above a moulded string. A 14th-century window is to the left of the porch with a 19th-century to the right. The wall is buttressed in three places. The porch is 15th-century with a parapet matching the aisle. The inner doorway is probably 14th-century. The south chancel chapel is 12th-century with a lower parapet without a string. The two three-lighted south windows are mostly 19th-century. The window in the east end of the chapel is similar.