All Hallows Twickenham
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All Hallows Twickenham, as seen from the A316.
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 All Hallows Twickenham
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| 51°27′15″N 0°20′02″W / 51.4541674°N 0.3338385°WCoordinates: 51°27′15″N 0°20′02″W / 51.4541674°N 0.3338385°W | |
| OS grid reference | TQ1575474169 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Liberal Catholic |
| Website | www.allhallowstwick.org.uk |
| History | |
| Former name(s) |
All Hallows Lombard Street St Martin's Mission Twickenham |
| Dedication | All Hallows St Martin of Tours |
| Consecrated | 9 November 1940 |
| Associated people |
Renatus Harris John Wesley |
| Architecture | |
| Status | parish church |
| Architect(s) |
Robert Atkinson Christopher Wren |
| Architectural type | basilica |
| Style | modern |
| Groundbreaking | 11 July 1939 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 35 m (114 ft 10 in) |
| Width | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Materials | brick, stone |
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| Parish | All Hallows Twickenham |
| Deanery | Hampton |
| Archdeaconry | Middlesex |
| Diocese | London (Kensington Area) |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Kevin Bell |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Philip Booth |
| Churchwarden(s) | Kate Vintiner, Verena Stephen |
| Parish administrator | Alex Oliver, Susan Hoad |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Official name | Church of All Hallows |
| Designated | 2 September 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1080836 |
All Hallows Twickenham is a grade I listed church and parish of the Church of England in Twickenham, London. It is located prominently on Chertsey Road (A316), a major road artery of West London, near Twickenham Stadium.
The church is the continuation of Christopher Wren's All Hallows Lombard Street, in the City of London, which was demolished in 1939 and its stone square tower, bells, stone cloister, and interior fittings and furnishings moved to the new site in Twickenham.
The church is also a continuation of St Martin's Mission Church, which had stood about half a mile to the south since 1914. The site of the former chapel was at the southern end of Whitton Road, beside Heatham House, and is now the location of the local beekeepers' association. St Martin's was a mission of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham. In 1933, it became a conventional district with its own priest in charge, Harold Schofield. The modern parish of All Hallows is founded on St Martin's district, and had Schofield as its first vicar.
The church was designed by Robert Atkinson, a modern build based on Wren's original plans for All Hallows Lombard Street. The foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of London, Arthur Winnington-Ingram, on 11 July 1939, and the new church was consecrated on 9 November 1940 by his successor Geoffrey Fisher. During its consecration, air-raid precautions were in place and anti-aircraft gun fire could be heard in the distance, leading Bishop Fisher to say, "churches are being destroyed by agencies more unnatural and vile than the Great Fire [which had destroyed All Hallows Lombard Street]".
The main body of the church is a brick-built basilica with a narthex leading through the cloister to the old tower to the north, and to St Martin's Chapel to the south. The original Wren tower houses a peal of ten bells, including some of those that were originally hung at St Dionis Backchurch, then at Lombard Street, before coming to Twickenham. The bells are maintained by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Just inside the tower a massive oak gateway is preserved; it had been placed at the Lombard Street entrance to the old church after the Great Fire of London, and is decorated with skulls and crossbones.
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