Church of All Saints
CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, ALL SAINTS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1386679
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, ALL SAINTS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1386679
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, ALL SAINTS ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, ALL SAINTS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 95703 22631
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9522NE ALL SAINTS' ROAD 630-1/11/132 (East side) 12/03/55 Church of All Saints
GV I
Parish church. 1865-68 with later alterations including interior furbishing of 1877; vestry of 1883; organ installed 1887; chancel screen of 1894; apse added to Lady Chapel in 1898; stained glass of 1880s-1890s; further refurbishing of c1907. Architect, John Middleton; builder, Thomas Darby; carved tympanum by A Burrall; Lady Chapel apse and interior fittings by HA Prothero (including chancel screen and font canopy) and by Boultons of Cheltenham; organ of 1887 with case designed by P Millington and Prothero and painted by Miss L Beasley and JM Smith; refurbishing of c1907 by Temple Moore. Stained glass: rose window at west end by Sir William Blake Richmond; rose window in south transept designed by E Burne-Jones and made by Morris and Co; all windows in north transept by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Rough-faced, Cleeve Hill stone with Bath stone ashlar and bands of blue Forest stone dressings and tiled roofs. Gothic Revival in French Gothic style. PLAN: 5-bay aisled nave with clerestory and transepts, apsed chancel, north and south porches and south-west tower. EXTERIOR: west facade has several groups of sculpture representing the Church Militant and Church Triumphant; carved west tympanum with Christ enthroned; entrance has 6 orders of arches on granite shafts, angels carrying coats of arms of benefactors and of the architect. Around the entrance are statues of SS Augustine, Lawrence, Stephen, Paul, Agnes, Christopher, Sebastian and Martin. Two 2-light windows and large rose window. INTERIOR: a great deal of colour has been introduced including polished red granite arcade; polychromy in stonework; painted murals to west end; painted ceiling and embellished apse; tile floors; tower also has painted decoration. Ship's keel roof; apostles in niches to the arcade spandrels; roundels to upper part of nave have figures representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Carved and embellished pulpit; screen by Prothero. Stained glass: complete scheme of windows showing Old Testament figures and pious Christians. HISTORICAL NOTE: specifically built for High Church Tractarian worship, this is the most spectacular of Middleton's churches. He designed several churches in Cheltenham including St Mark, Church Road (qv); St Philip and St James, Gratton Road (qv);
St Stephen, St Stephen's Road (qv); and Holy Apostles, London Road, Charlton Kings (qv). All Saints is considered to be Middleton's best church, even if the intended spire was not built. Sladen considers this to be 'a fine building with an absolutely stunning collection of fittings'. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 1-2; Blake S: Cheltenham's Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883: Cheltenham: 1979-: 27-8; Sladen T: Notes: 1995-; Howell P and Sutton I: Faber Guide to Victorian Churches: London: 1989-: 24-5; Ambler L: All Saints' Church Cheltenham, Guide: 1994-).
Listing NGR: SO9570222630
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474075
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sampson, A, Blake, S, A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 1-2
Ambler, L, All Saints Church Cheltenham Guide, (1994)
Blake, S, Cheltenhams Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883, (1979)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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