Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building located on Thelwall New Road in Grappenhall. The church was constructed in 1843, designed by J.M. Allen, with the chancel added in 1857, and the north aisle, vestry, and west porch completed in 1890 by William Owen. It is built from rockfaced sandstone and features steeply pitched grey slate roofs.

The nave consists of six bays and is characterized by lancet windows, buttresses, and a corbel-table. At the west end, there is a bellcote that houses one bell. The chancel, which has two bays, includes two-light plate-tracery windows on the south side and three lancets with a stilted quatrefoil window above on the east side. The north vestry and aisle feature two lancets with a stilted quatrefoil above on the east, two triple lancets in arched recesses flanked by single lancets on the north side, and two lancets with a trefoil window above on the west side. The ornately moulded west porch has a door on the south side, and the west end of the nave also has two lancets with a trefoil window above.

Inside, the nave arcade has two small and two large arches (arranged as a: b: b: a) supported by octagonal piers. The nave features arch-braced trusses, while the chancel has a floor made of marble and coloured glazed tiles, along with scissor-trussed rafters. A vigorous reredos displays two panels depicting Biblical scenes in marble, separated by plaster angels, with painted panels on each side featuring Elijah, St. Michael, St. George, and St. Werburgh. There is a fresco above the chancel arch. Notable stained glass includes a window in the nave dedicated to Sir W.P. Rylands, showing a wire drawer at work, and another in the north aisle dedicated to Henry Stanton. A significant tablet from 1906, created by Eric Gill and housed in a classical painted wooden case by F.C. Eden and Helfar Bros., commemorates the foundation of Thelwall by Edward the Elder in 923.