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Berners Roding - All Saints

The All Saints Church was de-consecrated in 1985 and is now privately owned by the local farm, and managed by Strutt & Parker Ltd. The churchyard is a conservation area managed by Epping Forest County Care. The precise origins of the church are unknown, but there are elements of the building that date back to the 14th Century. Early in the 16th century the east and west walls were re-built above the window-sill levels (a 16th century window brick window in the chancel) and the south porch was probably added at the same time. In the 18th and 19th centuries buttresses have been added. The church did at one time have a tower, built in 1594, which held a single bell. When Nikolaus Pevsner surveyed Essex's historic buildings in 1953/4 he saw the tower and described it having a weather boarded belfry with a pyramid roof. The tower must have come down since that date. The church itself is Grade II listed, but unfortunately is in a poor state of repair.
Berners Roding - All Saints