All Saints, West Harling

The CCT website says that the church is open every day from 10am - 4pm apart from school holidays, however it is worth checking in advance.
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Important stained glass

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This church building is managed by Churches Conservation Trust.

All Saints' Church is accessed via a stony track through farmland. This leads into a large clearing in a pine forest in the heart of the Brecks. It is not signposted and so a map will come in useful. Perseverance pays off as the first sight of the church sitting all alone against its forested backdrop is particularly memorable. Two conifers frame the view of the church. Finish the last 100m or so on foot across the field. The whole interior reflects the care and interest in their church of the 19th and early 20th century owners of the Hall (now demolished), the Nugent family. In 1902 the church was restored by Sir Edmund Nugent Baronet. The family pew has panelling incorporating brass memorials to members of the family, and their coat of arms. Behind the pew is a beautiful piscina (where the priest washed the sacred vessels after Mass) dating to about 1300. Also of interest is a brass on the chancel floor depicting the Revd Ralph Fuloflove in his Mass vestments (d. 1479).  Look out for the ancient iron-bound oak chest and a 14th century stone coffin. The vestry dates in its present form to the 19th century; it was formerly a burial place for the Croftes family. Richard Croftes was an MP in the late 18th century and is buried in the churchyard.

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