Church Of All Souls

The Church of All Souls is a redundant church built between 1864 and 1865 by Wadmore and Baker. It was later extended in 1905 by Nicholson and Corlette, which included raising the south aisle, adding a west tower, a central fleche, and new fittings. The exterior is constructed of yellow brick with red brick bands and dressings, topped with steeply pitched slate roofs, with pantiles to the tower. The church includes an aisled nave, without a clerestory, and an apsidal chancel. The west tower has a saddleback roof, with paired round-arched bell louvres and paired two-light Y-tracery windows. A north-western baptistry features a blind round-arched arcade beneath corbelled eaves and three lancet windows. The north aisle has lancet windows, while the south aisle has two-light geometrical windows. A spired fleche rises from the junction of the nave and chancel, featuring slate cladding, lead-covered corner pinnacles, and Gothic patterned leadwork to the louvres. The interior, while not inspected, is noted to contain pointed arcade arches in polychrome brickwork with carved capitals, along with good mid-Victorian stained glass and later fittings. The church was initiated by Henry Wadmore, the architect’s brother, who also served as the first vicar until 1897. It was declared redundant in 1985.