Church Of All Saints

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed Roman Catholic church located in Hassop, built between 1816 and 1817 by Joseph Ireland for the Eyre family, with supervision by J J Scoles. It is designed in a Neo-Classical style and features a tetrastyle, prostyle temple structure made of sandstone ashlar. The church has a deeply overhanging Welsh slate roof that creates a pedimented gable at each end. The west elevation showcases a Tuscan Doric portico and a sunk moulded circle containing a cross in the pediment, along with a central doorway that has a tapering moulded architrave and cornice, leading to panelled doors.

The south elevation consists of five bays with Grecian windows, each framed by tapering moulded architraves. The east elevation is blind and features Tuscan Doric pilasters with pronounced entasis, mirroring the circular motif found in the west pediment. There are late 19th-century additions to the north that are not of special interest.

Inside, the church boasts a coved coffered ceiling, with the north, south, and east walls divided by pilasters. The windows are adorned with eared moulded architraves, and there is a cantilevered west gallery. Notable interior features include an early 19th-century Hoptonwood baluster font, a late 19th-century font with a plain square bowl on a cylindrical base and attached angle colonnettes, and an early 19th-century chamber organ. The painted wooden communion rails are supported by sturdy turned balusters.

Monuments within the church include a wall tablet to Thomas Eyre, who died in 1833, designed in a neo-classical style by J E Carew of Brighton, and a pair of mid-19th-century matching tablets, one dedicated to Dorothy, Countess of Newburgh, who passed away in 1853. There are five late 19th-century stained glass windows, likely by Powell's, and a large painting of the Crucifixion, attributed to Lodovico Corracci. The design of the church is inspired by St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, created by Inigo Jones.