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The Lime tree avenue to the North entrance porch All Saints Crondall,

The Lime tree avenue to the North entrance porch All Saints Crondall,
The Lime tree lined path to the North entrance porch All Saints, Norman Church in Crondall
The 12th Century Norman parish church, All Saints, is said to have
been called 'The Cathedral of North Hampshire'. It replaced a
Saxon church on the same site and the Saxon font remains from
that period.
The east end of the Nave dates to 1170. The original bell tower
was poorly designed for the weight of the bells it housed and by
1657 the whole tower had to be dismantled to prevent its total
collapse. In 1659 a new brick tower, modelled on St Matthews in
Battersea, was erected at the NE corner of the original structure.

Among notable interior features are an ancient brass of 1370, the
dogtooth mouldings of the chancel arch and the imposing arcades
and foliate capitals of the Nave. To date All Saints has undergone
two major restorations, the first in 1847 by the architect Benjamin
Ferrey and the second in 1871 under the guidance of Sir George
Gilbert Scott. In 1995 the "National Association of Decorative and
Fine Arts Societies" (NADFAS) declared All Saints to be one of the
finest examples of architecture of its style in the country.
The church is said to be haunted by the "Black Angel", a black
statue found at the back of the grave yard.
The church operates as part of the Parish of Crondall and Ewshot.
(extract from Wikipedia)

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