All Saints' Church, Castleford facts for kids
Quick facts for kids All Saints' Church |
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Church of All Saints | |
53°43′35″N 1°21′23″W / 53.7265°N 1.3564°W | |
OS grid reference | SE425257 |
Location | Albion Street, Castleford, West Yorkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1866 |
Administration | |
Parish | Castleford |
Diocese | Leeds |
Province | York |
The Church of All Saints in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II listed. All Saints is one of the three Anglican churches in town; the others being All Saints at Hightown and St Paul the Apostle.
History
The church was built to a design by H. F. Bacon and was completed in 1866.
Architectural style
The church is built of hammer-dressed sandstone with a slate roof. The five-bay nave has both north and south aisles with a crossing tower, a south gabled porch and north and south transepts. The buttressed north aisle has a weathered plinth, two-centred arched window with two cusped lights with hood moulds with figured stops. The crossing tower has two stages and corner pilasters and a white clock face with hood mould and two recessed louvred belfry windows with set in shafts at each side.
See also
- Listed buildings in Castleford