Tilbrook, All Saints

The tower is built in 5 storeys from the 14th century with diagonal buttresses, a square stair turret and embattled parapet and supports a broach spire with 2 tiers of lucarnes. The nave, chancel, vestry and south porch are of similar date. The earliest surviving fabric is the north chapel and arcade. The two circular columns at the west end with half an arch against the tower are c1190 whilst further east, the two columns, one octagonal and one circular are late 13th century. The clerestory is late 15th century as is the north aisle roof. The current 15th – 16th century rood screen, (replacing a 14th century one), has three patterns of tracery and a crucifix above and is quite rare. It would have once crossed the north aisle as well. Look for the unusually combined squint and piscina in the north chapel.