Milton
All Saints (Mausoleum)

Features and Fittings

The Nottingham Journal of 3 January 1833 provides a description of the nave interior and its fittings at the opening service on 27 December 1832:

‘Entering from the portico, the church it approached by a vestibule, with a vestry on each side, divided from it by an elegant screen, supported by four Ionic columns and entablature, with an attic above. Against the screen is placed the communion table, surrounded by an altar rail; to the North are erected the pulpit, reading desk, &c., and on the opposite side the state pew of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, which forms a very prominent feature in the interior decorations. The pews and free seats extend to the western extremity of the church, where is another spacious entrance, over which the singers’ loft is erected. We much admire the neatness displayed in the mode of glazing the windows throughout the edifice, as a happy combination of effect with economy. The font, which is an exquisite specimen of workmanship, in the antique style, is placed at the top of the aisle, at the foot of a handsome range of stone steps, leading to the communion table. The books, cushions, and coverings of the pulpit, reading desk, and communion table, are of the most beautiful description. The church yard is spacious, well laid out, and handsomely inclosed with iron gates, and a wall surmounted by palisades.’

The octagonal font was made of mahogany and had a white marble basin. There is a photograph of it in Roberts (2001).

View of the nave
interior looking east,
c.1940

Most of the fittings listed in the 1833 newspaper article and visible on a photograph of the interior taken in the 1940s have been removed with the exception of the reredos, singers' loft and box pews on the north side of the nave.

Reredos

Reredos at the east
end of the nave		 Detail of reredos
Singers' Loft above
inner porch		 Box pews on the
north side of the nave

The Listing Description describes the reredos as ‘an Ionic screen five steps up, with dentil cornice and central rectangular board flanked by single arched boards, all printed with biblical texts.’ The texts are the Lord’s Prayer and the Ten Commandments.

Singers' Loft

At the west end of the nave is a panelled wooden inner porch with a doorway to the south and steps leading to a gallery (the 'Singers' Loft') to the north. The exterior is decorated with pilasters. 

Box Pews

There are box pews along the north wall of the nave. The pews from the south side of the nave were removed at some point after 1950.