Cathedral Church of All Saints

The Cathedral Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building located on the north side of Kirkgate. Originally a parish church until 1888, it is a large Perpendicular style church featuring a south porch with a notable wrought-iron gate and a substantial west tower. The tower has four stages, angle buttresses, and a very tall crocketed spire that is set behind a parapet, adorned with crocketed corner pinnacles. The church dates from the early 15th century and was extensively rebuilt during restorations from 1858 to 1874 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, who aimed to restore the exterior to its late medieval appearance. The structure is made of ashlar stone with stepped buttresses supporting the crocketed pinnacles of the arcaded parapet. It features large windows, some with panel tracery, and the chancel, now used as the choir, dates from the later 15th century.

Inside, there are older elements including 12th and 13th-century nave piers, as well as early 14th-century arcade and chancel arches. The timber roof replaces a previously existing stone vault. The east extensions of the transept, chancel, and retro chapel were added in 1904 by F. L. Pearson, likely based on designs by J. L. Pearson, and include a stone vaulted roof and an impressive wooden screen. A 17th-century rood screen features a modern rood created by Sir Ninian Comper. The church also houses a mid-17th-century font, a pulpit from 1708, and choir stalls from the 15th century, some of which include misericords. Additionally, there is a fine collection of church plate on display, an organ case from 1743, and a monument to Sir Lyon Pilkington from around 1700, which features a reclining figure in a baroque setting, along with other memorial tablets from the 18th and early 19th centuries.