Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a large, complex building constructed between 1843 and 1902, with later additions. Originally designed by J.G. Jackson of Leamington, with contributions from Dr. John Craig, T.C. Barry, and Sir A. Blomfield, the church incorporates elements from earlier work dating back to 1825. A 1986 addition provides a Urquart Room and Parish Offices to the west end of the nave. The church is built of ashlar with a Welsh slate roof and is executed in a French Gothic style.

The plan includes a four-stage south-west tower with a porch, a six-bay nave with clerestory and aisles, and two transepts to the north and south. Further features are an east turret with a clock and steeple, a north Lady Chapel, and a south Chapel of All Souls with an apsidal chancel.

The exterior features a chamfered plinth, moulded band, stepped buttresses, and battlements. The tower has a west entrance porch with a plank door in a pointed arch, foliage to the spandrels, and traceried decoration. Tall, pointed-arched windows are found throughout the nave and aisles. Rose windows, derived from the Church of St Ouen in Rouen and Rouen Cathedral respectively, adorn the north and south transepts. Apsidal windows and tall windows are present on the east and south ends of the south chapel.

Inside, a balcony overlooks the west end. The nave and transepts are characterised by column clusters with a pointed-arched arcade and roll-moulding. A pointed arch with double-chamfered, hollow moulding houses the organ in the north-east transept. The church contains a carved reredos based on the Last Supper, a hammer beam roof, and a medieval effigy of an abbot in the north porch. Wall tablets from 1808 are present, along with stained glass dating from 1851, made by Chance of Birmingham.

The church stands within a group of buildings including Victoria Bridge, the Parade, the Royal Pump Room and Baths, Parade, and Victoria Terrace. Historically, Bath Street was a main street in the 18th-century village of Leamington.