All Saints Church, North Scarle

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The current church was built in the 14th century, to replace an earlier medieval church destroyed by fire in 1342, though much of the early work remains.

It was extensively restored and the north aisle was rebuilt by Sir Ninian Comper, who restored the church in 1895-1898, along with painted ceilings, stained glass, furnishings and altars.

Dendrochronology dated timbers in the bellframe to 1716 whilst the belfry floor contains some timbers felled in 1482. At one time there was a chapel built on the north side of the chancel. Pevsner asserts that the round-arched door-head above the south doorway cannot be Norman and suggests that it dates instead from the Elizabethan period.

In March 2019 lead was stolen from the roof and a notice now advises the replacement is not a commercially valuable material.