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All Saints’ Church, Dagnall

Until the mid-eighteenth century there was no church building in Dagnall for the small number of Anglicans who lived there, small because Dagnall was predominately Methodist and there was a large chapel in the village. The Anglicans therefore had to walk the two miles to St Mary’s, Edlesborough for services. Then in 1863, Earl Brownlow of Ashridge, on whose estate Dagnall was situated, erected the present building to serve as a Church Mission Room and also as a Day School for the children of the village. It was known as All Saints’ “Chapel of Ease”, meaning that it was built for the convenience of parishioners. Its structure is unusual and it combines a variety of styles. It is built in the form of an Italian basilica with late Gothic details. It has an arched bell-cote, and the east end has an apse, which was originally built of timber-frame and brick.