Description

PRESTON

SD5329NE ELIZABETH STREET
941-1/9/99 (South side)
Church of All Saints

II

Church. 1846-8; chancel added 1863; altered in later C19.
Sandstone ashlar facade, otherwise red brick in 3+1 English
garden wall bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof.
Rectangular plan on north-south axis, with added 5-sided
apsidal chancel at south end. Classical style. Gable to
street. The facade, in the form of a 3-bay pedimented portico
(on 2 steps), has 6 giant Ionic columns, those flanking the
centre in pairs, with entablature, dentilled cornice and
pediment; under the portico, 3 doorways with moulded
architraves, that in the centre with a dentilled pediment on
consoles and those at the sides shouldered, all with panelled
double doors, and at 1st-floor level a raised geometrical
panel above each doorway; and on the ridge of the roof, set
back slightly, a rectangular enclosed wooden bellcote with an
open pediment. The 6-bay brick side walls have high sandstone
ashlar plinths, brick pilasters with sandstone bases and caps,
sandstone ashlar corner pilasters, and continuous entablatures
carried round from the front; and in each bay a giant
round-headed window with stone imposts and keystone,
containing late C19 joinery with round-headed lights to each
floor. The added chancel has windows of 2 round-headed lights
with sandstone surrounds under semi-sircular arches of brick
with blue headers, and a Lombard frieze with some blue brick.
(Additions on each side of chancel).
INTERIOR: resembles Methodist chapels of the earlier C19: a
gallery on 3 sides (canted at the corners) carried on iron
columns with foliated caps, with panelled front and raked
seating; and box pews with original doors and numbering. Added
chancel has stilted arch with semi-columns which have
composite capitals, and elaborate moulded plaster above; and
organ house on west side. History: founded by the initiative
of working men who were anxious to bring back to Preston a
former curate of St James's church (Rev.W.Walling) and began a
public subscription to build a church for him; consequently
known as "the Working Man's Church" or "the Poor man's
Church". Anglican, but distinct from Establishment churches of
the town both architecturally and socially, having a
continuous evengelical history.

Listing NGR: SD5388529877

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• All Saints Church, Preston at Wikipedia
• All Saints Church, Preston official website
• Wikidata Q16147334

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