Church of All Saints, Clifton | |
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All Saints with St John, Clifton | |
51°27′44″N 2°36′58″W / 51.4623°N 2.6161°W | |
Location | Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
Website | Church website |
History | |
Status | Active |
Dedication | All Saints |
Consecrated | 8 June 1868 (original) 1 July 1967 (rebuild) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
Designated | 8 January 1959 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Bristol |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Bristol |
Deanery | Bristol West |
Parish | All Saints with St. John Clifton |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Fr Charles Sutton |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Jessica Smith Liz Badman |
Director of music | John Davenport |
Churchwarden(s) | Martin Robinson and Adam Chivers |
Parish administrator | Wendy Mortimer |
The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Clifton, Bristol. The church is a grade II listed building. [1] It is located in the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton in the Diocese of Bristol.
In 1862, a committee was set up to provide a large church for the Clifton area of Bristol. [2] It would be in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and would be a free church with no rented pews. [2] The original church was built between 1868 and 1872 by George Edmund Street. [1] The chancel was consecrated on 8 June 1868. [2] A narthex was added in 1909 by George Frederick Bodley, and a sacristy was added in 1928 by Frederick Charles Eden. [1] The narthex houses the Chapel of Saint Richard of Chichester, built as memorial to Richard Randall, the first Vicar of All Saints, who became Dean of Chichester. [1]
On 2 December 1940, an incendiary bomb set fire to the building, destroying the chancel and nave of the church. [2] Only the tower, narthex, and sacristy remained standing. [3] W. H. Randoll Blacking was the architect chosen to reconstruct the church, but, after much delay, he died before work could begin. [2]
In the 1960s, it was once more decided that the rebuilding of the church should go ahead and Robert Potter, Blacking's partner, was selected as the architect. [2] He reorientated the church so that the altar now faces East. [1] The altar itself is free standing and is set under a ciborium, a four-columned indoor roof. [1] [2] Behind the font is a series of stained glass windows made from fibre glass and designed by John Piper. [1] [2] The new nave and altar were consecrated on 1 July 1967. [2] The same year, a stained glass window designed by Christopher Webb (another former partner of Blacking) was installed in the east window of the narthex; [1] it was Webb's last window (Webb having died the previous year). [4]
On 8 January 1959, the church was designated a grade II listed building. [1]
In 1978, the parish of All Saints Clifton was joined with that of St John's Clifton to form the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton. [3] [5] St John's Church was declared redundant in 1980. [3] [6]
In March 2013, the parochial church council voted to rescind Resolutions A and B, and to rescind the petition for alternative episcopal oversight. [3] With these actions, the parish signalled that it accepts the ordination of women. [3] It remains within the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. [5]
Parish records for the Church of All Saints, Clifton are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. P.St ASC) ( online catalogue) including baptism and marriage registers and plans of the remodelling from 1963. The archive also includes records of the incumbent, churchwardens, parochial church council, charities and choir school.