Hereford - Church of All Saints

One of the only two medieval parish churches left in the city - All Saints Church (Historic Churches Trust) is lofty and spacious, and full of interesting and beautiful things.

The tall round pillars of the arcades date from c.1300. The dark and ancient roofs show three types of construction - tie-beam in the nave, hammer-beam in the north aisle and wagon in the chancel. Most of the stained glass dates from the 1930s, and is striking and colourful. There are remains of a large 15th century painting of the Annunciation on the east wall, and a modern figure of Christ the King over the high altar. In the chancel is a superb set off ten canopied stalls dating from the 14th century, when the church belonged to a small French monastic order the tip-up "misericord" sears are carved underneath with fantastic animals and human heads. Other notable objects are a huge and richly-carve 14th century chest a bread-shelf dated 1683 which held the loaves to be distributed to seven poor men every Sunday, according to the terms of a legacy and an ornate pulpit with sounding-board of 1621 (an old picture in the church shows that this was originally a three-decker like the one at Clodock).

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