Church of All Saints
CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1177364
- Date first listed:
- 07-Oct-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-06-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/02137/01
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Arnold. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1177364
- Date first listed:
- 07-Oct-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Blaby (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thurlaston
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 50210 99072
Details
THURLASTON CHURCH STREET SP 59 NW 7/66 7.10.57 Church of All Saints
II*
Parish church. C13 and C15 west tower. South aisle demolished 1778. Much restored 1840s and 1850 by Stephen Fry, who rebuilt and extended east end of north aisle, added vestry, and renewed all tracery. Chancel arch renewed 1861. Tower restored 1897. Granite rubble with stone dressings and slate roofs. West tower, nave, north aisle with organ chamber in east bay, north vestry, chancel. West tower is of 3 stages with chamfered plinth and strings, battlements and slits to south east stairs. Bell chamber has C19 2-light traceried openings, and slits below. On west side are a C19 3-light traceried window and door in C19 4-centred arch. South side has stair door with Caernarvon arch. Other windows are all in decorated style with tracery, hood moulds and carved stops. South side of nave has ashlar plinth, moulded sill string, stone eaves corbels, and 3 bays of 3-light windows. Off-set buttresses. North aisle has 3-light windows to north, another to west, and traceried triangular window to east. Blocked north door with moulded arch, hood mould and carved head stops. East bay is totally C19. Chancel has stone string, cornice and frieze, and 3 bays of 3-light windows to south. Also on south side is small moulded doorway with dogtooth ornament and shafted jambs. Large 5-light east window with shaft jambs. Interior has been stripped of plaster except in chancel. Chamfered tower arch on moulded piers with moulded capitals, possible re-used. Stairs are corbelled out inside tower. C13 north arcade with 3 bays of moulded and chamfered arches on circular piers with crocketted leaf capitals. West bay is of slightly different build with double hollow chamfered arch, carved head corbels and label with one carved head stop. North aisle has tomb recess with fine moulded ogee arch and finial, and 2 C19 moulded arches on shafted piers to chancel. C19 chancel arch, moulded, on half-shafts with foliage scroll capitals. North and south walls of chancel have cusped arched recesses at east end, both moulded, south ogee. Pair of cusped ogee recesses with crockets re-sited in vestry. C19 roofs, that to chancel with trusses on short wall posts with wooden columns. Late C19-C20 glass and other fittings, including carved stone and mosaic reredos of 1882. Monuments in north aisle: C14 effigy of Ralph de Turvile in tomb recess; tomb slabs of Hugh Turvile 1347 and Agnes Turvile 1349, carved with effigies and inscriptions, the figure of Agnes half concealed by surface of slab; very fine early C15 tomb chest with ogee side niches containing shield-bearing angels, and effigies of knight and lady, said to be John and Katherine Turvile 1509. Wall memorial to Edward and Jane Turvyle of New Halle Parke, 1619, with pair of oval portrait reliefs in surround with Ionic pilasters, broken pediment and coat of arms. Another wall memorial to Elizabeth Turvyle, 1653, with half port- rait, rather melancholy with head on hand and elbow on scull, in cartouche with scrolled pediment. (J O Hulme, The History of Thurlaston)
Listing NGR: SP5021099072
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 188988
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hulme, J O, The History of Thurlaston, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 05:55:41.
Download a full scale map (PDF)© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
End of official list entry