Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. A Medieval Church.

Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
winding-gallery-dew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1952
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of All Saints, Childwall Abbey Road
OS grid reference
SJ 414 890
Coordinates
53.39529, -2.88157
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church located on Abbey Road in Childwall. The chancel dates back to the 14th century, while the south aisle and porch are possibly from the 15th century. There were additions made in the 18th century, and the west tower and spire were constructed between 1810 and 1811. The north aisle was added in 1833, with parts rebuilt between 1900 and 1905.

The west tower features a two-light Y-tracery window and two-light bell openings above a three-faced clock. It has a parapet adorned with blind arcading, gargoyles, and a needle spire. The south aisle includes an embattled parapet and a porch with a four-centred arched entrance, along with a niche above. The Salisbury chapel, built between 1739 and 1740, has a three-light south window and a two-light square-headed east window, while the aisle itself contains cusped two-light square-headed windows. The north aisle has three-light segmental-pointed windows and a seven-light window dedicated to the Plumbe Chapel from 1777, featuring an ornamental cornice and an embattled parapet. The north chancel aisle was formerly a vestry built in 1753.

Inside, the chancel has two straight-headed windows with two cusped lights, and the east window is likely from the 18th century. The nave features arcades of three bays with octagonal piers and double chamfered arches, with the central arch being wider due to the removal of a pier when the Salisbury chapel was built. There is a west gallery across the nave and south aisle from the 18th century, and a three-bay arcade connects the north aisle to the north extension added in 1833. The nave and north aisle contain eight hatchments. The nave roof has tie beams with tracery above, while the chancel roof is waggon vaulted. The royal arms from 1664 are displayed above the chancel arch. The south aisle contains two brasses commemorating H. Norris, who died in 1524, and there are remains of a 14th-century piscina on the south side of the chancel. A painted memorial to Major Pitcairn Campbell, who died in 1855, is found in the north chancel aisle and is considered a rare example. The porch includes stones from a Saxon coffin, and a Norman capital is embedded in the wall of the north chancel aisle. A brass chandelier from 1737 hangs in the nave, with 19th-century replicas in the chancel. The east window of the south aisle was designed by Kempe and installed between 1900 and 1905. This church is noted as the only remaining medieval church in Liverpool.

Local climate

Church of All Saints sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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