All Saints Roman Catholic Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 2013. Church. 9 related planning applications.
All Saints Roman Catholic Church
- WRENN ID
- south-doorway-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 2013
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
All Saints Roman Catholic Church was built in 1869-70 in the Early English Gothic style by architect Robert Wheeler of Brenchley. The church is constructed of polychrome brickwork in English bond, primarily yellow brick with bands of red and black brick, with red brick details, stone window heads and cills, and a tiled roof.
The plan consists of a three-bay nave, a projecting south porch, a slightly narrower two-bay apsidal-ended chancel, and a north organ chamber and vestry. The west end of the nave features a cinquefoil light above two tall trefoil-headed windows. The north and south sides have paired lancet windows with trefoil heads and leaded lights, separated by buttresses. A penticed porch is situated on the south side. The chancel has six single lancet windows with trefoil heads, and the roof apex is topped with a lead cross finial. The lower north vestry has a triple window with rectangular lights facing east, and a gable end facing north with a two-light window and an arched doorcase with a plank door, panelled on the inside.
Inside, the walls exhibit exposed polychromatic brickwork in English bond, mainly red brick with bands and arched voussoirs highlighted in black brick. The nave roof is barrel-vaulted, with a tiled floor of alternating red and black tiles, and original open-backed pews. A font with a square bowl featuring incised roundels on a cylindrical base with corner colonnettes is located opposite the south door. It has a wooden cover with circular metal decoration and a handle. The canted pulpit has a red brick base with a carved stone top including double panels of black marble and colonnettes of red marble, and is surmounted by a brass lectern. The chancel arch comprises two main orders, supported on short stone and marble columns with stiff-leaf capitals resting on carved stone angel corbels. The elevated chancel has a more elaborate tiled floor, with a band of decorated tiles between the windows, and a panelled and painted ceiling depicting the starry firmament. Ornamental iron railings with a carved wooden handrail enclose the chancel, alongside a double sedilia with trefoil heads divided by a stone and marble colonnette. The chancel windows contain good contemporary stained glass. The organ, built in 1870 by Thomas C Lewis, has a panelled base with trefoil decoration, with two right-hand panels opening to form a door into the vestry.
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