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All Saints' Church, Childwall 
All Saints Church, Childwall, from the south53°23′43″N 2°52′54″W / 53.3953°N 2.8816°WCoordinates: 53°23′43″N 2°52′54″W / 53.3953°N 2.8816°W Location Childwall, Liverpool,
MerseysideCountry England Denomination Anglican Website http://www.allsaints-childwall.org/ History Founded 14th century Dedication All Saints Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade I Designated 28 June 1952 Architect(s) W. Raffles Brown
James F. DoyleArchitectural type Church Style Gothic Specifications Materials Red sandstone Administration Deanery Liverpool South - Childwall Archdeaconry Liverpool Diocese Liverpool Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev. Gary Renison Laity Music group(s) Damascus Road All Saints' Church, Childwall is in Childwall, Liverpool, Merseyside, England (grid reference SJ414890). It is a Grade I listed building and is the only medieval church remaining in the Metropolitan borough of Liverpool.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Liverpool South - Childwall.[2]
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History
The chancel dates from the 14th century, and the south aisle and porch are probably from the 15th century. Additions were made in the 18th century and the tower and spire date from 1810–11. The north aisle dates from 1833 and it was partly rebuilt between 1900 and 1905.[1] There are two chapels; the Plumb's Chapel on the north side is dated 1716 and on the south side the Salisbury pew (formerly Isaac Green's Chapel) dates from 1739–40. A restoration of the church was carried out by W. Raffles Brown in 1851–53. The rebuilding of the north aisle was by James F. Doyle and he added a vestry in 1905–06.[3] Between 1987 and 1991 the external fabric of the church was restored and in 1994 the clock was also restored.[4]
Structure
The church is built in red sandstone. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with a clerestory, a chancel, a south aisle and a much wider north aisle which extends to the north of the chancel, and a south porch. A chapel projects from the north aisle and another from the south aisle. The tower has a large two-light window, a clock on three faces and two-light bell-openings. The spire is recessed behind an openwork parapet with gargoyles.[1][3] Internally there are three arcades with octagonal columns and double-chamfered arches. The chancel is at a lower level than the nave.[3] A gallery extends across the west end of the nave and the south aisle. The chancel roof is wagon-vaulted.[1] Attached to the west wall of the porch is a fragment of a Saxon cross-shaft and in the east wall of the chancel is a Norman capital, which is set horizontally.[3]
Fittings and furniture
Tower and hearse house
Inside the church are box pews which were installed in the restoration of 1851–53. The choir stalls date from the early 20th century; they were designed by Bodley and Scott and had been intended for the Lady Chapel of Liverpool Cathedral. In a display case is an elaborately carved bench end dating probably from the early 17th century. The brass chandelier in the nave is dated 1737 and there are two copies of it dated 1892 in the chancel. The church contains a total of 12 hatchments and a number of benefactor and charity boards. The stained glass includes windows by William Warrington, by Kempe, by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, by Percy Bacon and by Mary Lowndes. In the south aisle are two funerary recesses which contain memorials to the Norris family of Speke Hall.[3] In the south wall of the chancel are the remains of a 14th century piscina.[1] The north chancel aisle contains an enamelled brass by Warrington to the memory of Major W. Pitcairn Campbell who died in 1855.[1][3] The ring consists of six bells which were cast in 1912 by John Warner & Sons.[5]
External features
The churchyard contains the graves of John Charles Ryle, the first Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, and his wife, and the grave of the poet William Watson.[6] Against the south wall of the church is an elaborate pedimented arch which is a memorial to Sir Andrew Barclay Walker and his wife.[3] Also in the churchyard is a sandstone hearse house dated 1811 which is a Grade II listed building.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Images of England: Church of All Saints, Childwall, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=213888, retrieved 2008-08-31
- ^ Deanery of Liverpool South - Childwall, The Diocese of Liverpool, http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=384, retrieved 2008-10-07
- ^ a b c d e f g Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, pp. 397–399, ISBN 0 300 10910 5
- ^ Church Building, All Saints Parish Church, Childwall, http://www.allsaints-childwall.org/html_two/ac/churchb_p1.htm, retrieved 2008-10-07
- ^ Liverpool, Childwall, All Saints, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=liverpool&Submit=++Go++&DoveID=LIVERPLCHL, retrieved 2008-10-08
- ^ Graveyard, All Saints Parish Church, Childwall, http://www.allsaints-childwall.org/html_two/ac/grave_p1.htm, retrieved 2008-10-07
- ^ Images of England: Hearse House in Churchyard of Childwall Abbey, English Heritage, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=213889, retrieved 2008-10-07
Categories:- Churches in Liverpool
- Grade I listed buildings in Liverpool
- Grade I listed churches
- Anglican Diocese of Liverpool
- Church of England churches in Merseyside
- English Gothic architecture
- 14th-century architecture
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