All Saints Church, Higher Walton facts for kids
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All Saints Church, Higher Walton
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| OS grid reference | SD 578,274 |
| Location | Higher Walton, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | [1] |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 27 February 1984 |
| Architect(s) | E. G. Paley Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1861 |
| Completed | 1871 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Rock-faced stone, slate roofs |
| Administration | |
| Parish | All Saints, Higher Walton |
| Deanery | Leyland |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Province | York |
All Saints Church is a beautiful old church located in the village of Higher Walton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican church, meaning it's part of the Church of England. This church is a very important building. It is listed as a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England. This means it's a special building that needs to be protected because of its history and architecture.
History
The area around All Saints Church became its own church parish in 1865. This happened when it separated from the parish of St Leonard, Walton-le-Dale. The church building itself was constructed earlier, between 1861 and 1862. It was designed by a famous architect from Lancaster, named E. G. Paley. Building the church cost about £6,000 at the time. That would be a huge amount of money today!
The church was built to hold many people, with space for 604 worshippers. The land for the church was given by Miles Rodgett. You can still see beautiful stained glass windows inside the church that remember members of the Rodgett family. Architect E. G. Paley also gave a stained glass window. It shows a scene of healing the sick. The tall, pointed part of the church, called the steeple, was added later in 1871. It was designed by Paley's new company, Paley and Austin.
Architecture
All Saints Church is built from strong, rough-cut stone. Its roofs are made of slate and are very steep. The church's design style is called Early English. This is a type of Gothic Revival style.
Exterior
The church's layout includes a main hall called a nave and a special area for the altar called a chancel. These two parts are connected. There's also a south aisle with a porch, which is like an entrance hall. On the north side, there's a transept, which is a part of the church that sticks out like an arm. Next to it is a sacristy, a room where priests prepare. The chancel ends in a three-sided shape called an apse.
At the west end of the church, there's a tall tower. It has strong supports called buttresses at the corners. There's also a small stair turret on the north side. The tower is topped with a pointed roof called a broach spire. On the west side of the tower, there's a large window with three sections. Higher up, on each side of the tower, there are openings for bells. The spire has a clock face under a small gablet on each of its four main sides. You can also see a round "wheel window" at the east end of the aisle. Most of the other windows have two sections.
Interior
Inside All Saints Church, you'll find an arcade. This is a row of three short columns, called piers. Each column has a carved top, or capital, with different plant designs. The walls of the chancel are decorated with painted patterns. The ceiling has painted panels too.
Some of the stained glass windows in the north transept were made in 1877 by a company called Lavers, Barraud and Westlake. Other stained glass windows were added in the 20th century by Shrigley and Hunt. The church has a large organ with two keyboards, called manuals. It was built in 1873 by W. E. Richardson from Preston. The same company fixed it up in 1909. More recently, in 2003–04, it was restored by Peter Collins. The church also has a set of eight bells. All of them were made by John Taylor & Co between 1871 and 1928.
External features
Outside the church, in the churchyard, you can find the graves of soldiers and an airman. These are the war graves of three soldiers who died in World War I and one airman who died in World War II.
See also
- Listed buildings in Walton-le-Dale
- List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
