Church Of All Hallows

The Church of All Hallows is a Grade II* listed church located on Shirlock Road in Camden. It was constructed between 1889 and 1901 by architect James Brooks, with the chancel and chapel of the Blessed Sacrament added around 1913 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The building is made from Ancaster stone, featuring rusticated coursed rubble and freestone dressings, and is designed in the French Gothic style with slated roofs.

The church has a five-bay nave with aisles that are the same height as the nave, and a three-bay chancel with chapels opening off it. The west end features a round-arched double entrance, with a tympanum displaying a central statue of the Good Shepherd and blind arcading. Above this entrance is a large wheel window, and the gable end is adorned with a balustrade and a two-light traceried window. The central bay is flanked by rectangular turrets that have narrow lancets and string courses. The aisle walls are supported by heavy battered buttresses that extend from the foundations to the roof, and they contain lancet windows set in arched recesses. The chancel features paired lancets and polygonal stair turrets topped with pyramidal caps.

Inside, the nave is characterized by arcades with tall cylindrical pillars that lack capitals but support the beginnings of a vault that was never completed. The chancel is vaulted, with its north aisle designed as two storeys, while the south aisle rises without a floor. The interior includes finely detailed pavement, a marble high altar, and an image of the Virgin, along with a font, both designed by Scott.

Historically, this church is noted as Brooks's best work and is regarded as a significant example of the ambitions of late 19th-century church builders, as highlighted by Basil Clarke in his writings.