The Church of All Saints, usually known as All Saints' Church, is an Anglican church in Ockham, England. It is the parish church of Ockham with Hatchford and Downside.[1] Due to its architectural significance, the church is a Grade I listed building.[2]
The chancel and north aisle date from the 13th century. The east wall has a group of seven lancet windows, one of only two medieval instances in England. This window shows signs of being inserted, and it has been suggested that it may have come from the ruins of the nearby Newark Priory after the Dissolution.[3] The south nave wall, with large traceried windows featuring 'Kentish' split cusps, is from the 14th century. Its tower and north aisle wall were added in the 15th century. A small chapel to the north, known as the King Chapel, was added in 1735.
The foundations of All Saints' Church were laid in the 12th century, and part of the nave was built then. The whole building was restored and enlarged in 1874-75 by Thomas Graham Jackson.
King Chapel
The King Chapel was added in 1735 after the death of the 1st Baron King († 1734). The chapel is separated from the church aisle by a round headed, and there is a vaulted plaster ceiling springing from angle pilasters. Intended as a chapel over the family vault of the Lords King of Ockham and their descendants, the Earls of Lovelace, it features several church monuments, including
Monument to Peter King, 1st Baron King, and his wife Anne Seys, sculpted by Michael Rysbrack (1734). On the north wall, white marble in Palladian style, with two figures sitting either side of large urn in front of pyramidal ground. Symbols of office surround Lord King.[2]
Monument to Walter Frilende, a priest († 1376). To the north side of the main altar, in the form of a brass tablet. This is the earliest priest's brass in Surrey.[2]
Monument to John Weston († 1483), also made of brass.[2]
Funerary urn containing the ashes of the 2nd Earl of Lovelace († 1906) and those of Lady Mary Lovelace († 1941), in the form of a stone casket on monolithic pedestal with heraldic enamel plaques.[2]
↑ H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Ockham". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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