All Saints Church, Benhilton

All Saints Church, Benhilton
All Saints Church, Benhilton Location within Greater London
Coordinates: 51°22′21″N 0°11′35″W / 51.37250°N 0.19306°W / 51.37250; -0.19306
Country	UK
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Architecture
Designated	15 September 1863
Architect(s)	Samuel Teulon
Completed	1906
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Southwark
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Revd Peter John Harnden
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Mr Douglas Boreham and Mr Stanley Palmer
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated	28 August 1953
Reference no.	1065697

All Saints Church, Benhilton is a Grade II* listed church built 1863 to 1867 in Sutton, Greater London in the Sutton parish of Benhilton. Historic England describe the church as "a fine example of mid-Victorian church-building by an important architect of the Gothic Revival", Samuel Teulon.

The church is located just to the north of Sutton town centre, to the east of Angel Hill on All Saints Road and looking down towards Sutton Green. It stands on an artificial platform built up on a south-facing slope. The hill on which the church stands was partially formed as a result of earth moved there during the building of the Angel Hill cutting in the 1770s. Its large size and prominent location makes it a local landmark.

The parish of Benhilton was created on 15 September 1863, and the foundation stone of the Grade II* listed church, designed by Samuel Teulon in the Gothic Revival style, was laid in the same year. The building owed much to Thomas Alcock who was then lord of the manor, and who gave £18,000 towards the building, the land for the church, the vicarage and a school. The church was conceived as an amenity for an estate of upper class Victorian housing which Alcock was developing on the land to the east.

The nave and south aisle were finished first, the tower and chancel were added in 1867, while the north aisle was not fully roofed until 1906. The church has always been noted for its bells; the first was the tenor bell, which was presented by Thomas Alcock and was rung on the day the church was consecrated. The framework for a complete peal was fixed in the tower in 1877. Another bell was added the same year, and a third the year after. By 1882 there were six and all eight were inaugurated on 1 November 1893 (All Saints Day).