All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank facts for kids
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All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank, from the southwest
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| Location | Station Road, Hesketh Bank, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | All Saints |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1923 |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Hesketh with Becconsall |
| Deanery | Leyland |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
All Saints Church is a church building located on Station Road in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church. This means it is a local church that serves the community and is part of the Church of England. It belongs to the Diocese of Blackburn.
History of the Church
The church was designed by famous architects named Austin and Paley. They were from Lancaster. Building work on the church started in 1925 and finished in 1926.
Original plans from 1923 showed a church with a tall spire. This spire would have cost about £6,500. That was a very large sum of money back then! However, these plans were changed. Instead of a spire, they decided to build a tower with a special roof. This type of roof is called a saddleback roof.
The new All Saints Church replaced an older, smaller church. That first church was built way back in 1765. The land for the new church was kindly given by Major T. Fermor-Hesketh. The church's tower was finished later in 1935. The same architects completed it, and it cost £721.
What the Church Looks Like
Experts who study buildings say that All Saints Church is small. However, they also think its wide tower on the west side is very "impressive."
The tower is supported by strong, stepped supports called buttresses. These help the tower stand tall. The roof of the tower is shaped like a pyramid and is set back on two sides. The windows of the church have decorative stone patterns. These patterns are called tracery. They are designed in styles from the past, known as Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic.
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
- Becconsall Old Church
