All Saints' Church, Castleford, West Yorkshire

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All Saints' Church
Church of All Saints
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53°43′35″N 1°21′23″W / 53.7265°N 1.3564°W / 53.7265; -1.3564Coordinates: 53°43′35″N 1°21′23″W / 53.7265°N 1.3564°W / 53.7265; -1.3564
OS grid referenceSE425257
LocationAlbion Street, Castleford, West Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Completed1866
Administration
ParishCastleford
DioceseLeeds
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Bishop(s)Rt. Rev. Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield

The Church of the 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 three Anglican churches in the town; the other two 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.[1]

Architectural style[]

Interior

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.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Church of All Saints". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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