Church Of All Saints

PARISH OF HASSOP BAKEWELL ROAD SK 27 SW 2/146 (North Side) 12.7.67 Church of All Saints GV I Roman Catholic Church. 1816-17 by Joseph Ireland for the Eyre family. Supervised by J J Scoles. Neo-Classical style. A tetrastyle, prostyle temple. Sandstone ashlar. Deeply overhanging Welsh slate roof, forming a pedimented gable at each end. The west elevation has a Tuscan Doric portico and a sunk moulded circle containing a cross, in the pediment. Central doorway with tapering moulded architrave and cornice. Panelled doors. South elevation of five bays has Grecian windows with tapering moulded architraves. Blind three-bay east elevation with Tuscan Doric pilasters with pronounced entasis. Circular motif in the pediment as to west. Late C19 additions to north not of special interest. Interior: Coved coffered ceiling. The north, south and east walls are divided by pilasters. Eared moulded architraves to the windows. Cantilevered west gallery. Early C19 Hoptonwood baluster font. Late C19 font of plain square bowl on a cylindrical base with attached angle colonnettes. Early C19 chamber organ. Painted wooden communion rails with sturdy turned balusters. Monuments: Wall tablet to Thomas Eyre +1833. A neo-classical design by J E Carew of Brighton. Pair of mid-C19 matching tablets, one to Dorothy, Countess of Newburgh +1853. Five late C19 stained glass windows, probably by Powell's. Large painting of Crucifixion, said to be by Lodovico Corracci. The design of this building is based on St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, by Inigo Jones.

Listing NGR: SK2234772322