Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a parish church dating to 1889-91, with the east end completed in 1901 and the base of the tower and narthex in 1924. Designed by J.L. Pearson, work continued after his death in 1897 by his son, Frank Pearson. The church is built in the 13th century French Gothic style. It is constructed of Sussex sandstone with slate roofs and coped verges.

The plan incorporates a chancel with north-east and south-east chapels, a north vestry, north and south transepts that extend from the aisles, a five-bay aisled nave, a narthex, and the base of a south-west tower that remains unfinished. The interior is faced in ashlar stone. It features an arcaded structure of clustered columns with pointed arches in the 13th century style, with stone ribs rising between the clerestory windows. There is a wooden open rafter roof to the nave, monopitch roofs to the aisles, stone vaults to the west end bays, and a three-tier windbracing system in the chancel.

The chancel reredos and five seats in the north wall, along with the sedilia in the south wall, were carved by Nathaniel Hitch. The church also features brass altar rails. Highly ornate choir stalls, carved with figures and donated in 1915, are present. A finely carved wooden screen with a canopy, given in memory of those who died in the First World War, sits between the south chapel and the south transept. A wrought-iron screen in the north chapel dates from the 1940s. A sumptuous organ case designed by Frank Pearson was built in 1915, housing an organ constructed in 1905 by William Hill and Son. An octagonal marble font, with an ornate cover dated 1928, is also present, as is a brass eagle lectern. Fine stained glass, designed by Clement Bell and created by Clayton and Bell, is found in three east windows, the large west window, the rose window to the north transept, and elsewhere in the aisles. A statue of the founder and first incumbent, the Rev Thomas Peacey, is reputedly located in the south-west corner of the second stage of the incomplete tower; Peacey previously commissioned Pearson to design St Barnabus on Byron Street. All Saints became the parish church of Hove in 1892, and boasts a magnificent interior.