All Saints' Church, Broughton

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All Saints' Church is the parish church of Broughton, a village in North Yorkshire, England. There is no record of a church in Broughton in the Domesday Book; the first reference is from 1120. The oldest part of the church is the south wall with the main doorway, dating from the 12th century. Most of the rest was rebuilt in the early 16th century. In 1873, the architect William Henry Crossland restored the chancel and rebuilt the nave roof. The church was designated a Grade I listed building in 1954.

A visitor, Alan Bennett, described stopping outside the church and reflecting on its quiet importance in national history. The churchyard is kept tidy by a small flock of sheep, and the building is said to be rather cold in winter.

All Saints' Church is built of stone with a stone slate roof. It has a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower, in Perpendicular style. The tower features angle buttresses, arched bell openings, gargoyles, and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. The south doorway has one order of water-leaf capitals, though the shafts are missing. In the south wall of the chancel is a round-headed priest's door, and the east window has three cusped traceried lights.

Inside are two alabaster sculptures of the Virgin Mary found during the Victorian restoration, monuments to the Tempest family, and a 12th-century font.