All Saints' Church, Denstone

All Saints' Church, Denstone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Denstone.[1]

All Saints’ Church, Denstone
All Saints’ Church, Denstone
Map
52°57′55.01″N 1°51′7.08″W / 52.9652806°N 1.8519667°W / 52.9652806; -1.8519667
LocationDenstone, Staffordshire
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationAll Saints
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II* listed
Architect(s)George Edmund Street
StyleMiddle Pointed Gothic
Groundbreaking1860
Completed1862
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Lichfield
ArchdeaconryStoke-on-Trent
DeaneryUttoxeter
ParishDenstone

History edit

The church was built between 1860 and 1862 to designs of the architect George Edmund Street, funded by Sir Thomas Percival Heywood, 2nd Baronet. At the same time, Street also designed the lychgate, churchyard cross, vicarage and village school.

Fittings edit

The font on four marble columns is by Street, with carvings of four angels on each corner holding reversed jars to symbolise the four Rivers of Paradise by Thomas Earp.

The pulpit, chandeliers and wrought-iron screen are also by Street. There is stained glass by Clayton and Bell.

Organ edit

The church has an organ which originally was built by Nicholson & Son in 1868 with the organ case by G. E. Street. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[2]

Churchyard edit

The churchyard contains the war grave of a Colonel Bertram of the Manchester Regiment of World War I.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Buildings of England. Staffordshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. p.113. ISBN 0140710469
  2. ^ "NPOR [K00726]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ^ [1][permanent dead link] CWGC Casualty record.