All Saints Church, Oxted

All Saints Church
West side of the church
Coordinates: 51°15′39″N 0°00′16″W / 51.260735°N 0.004385°W / 51.260735; -0.004385
OS grid reference	TQ3934753192
Location	Oxted, Surrey
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	OxtedandWarlinghamParish.org
History
Founder(s)	Fr Algernon Lang
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Status	Active
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	23 November 1998
Architect(s)	James Leonard Williams
Groundbreaking	3 August 1914
Completed	1928
Administration
Parish	Oxted and Warlingham
Deanery	Redhill
Diocese	Arundel and Brighton
Province	Southwark

All Saints Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Oxted, Surrey. Building work on the church started in 1913 and was delayed by World War One. Aspects of the church interior were designed by Geoffrey Webb. It is situated off Chichele Road north of the town centre, to the west of Oxted School. It is a Grade II listed building.

In 1914, Fr Algernon Lang came to Oxted and sought a suitable location for a church for the local Catholic population. He bought a house at 12 Chichele Road and decided to build the church on the land directly behind the house. The house itself was built in 1913 from materials gathered from a demolished house in Godstone. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 3 August 1914, the day before the start of World War One.

Work continued until December 1914. By that time, the sacristy, crypt and chancel were completed. Work recommenced after the war ended. The exterior walls of the church were completed on 7 December 1920. The sanctuary and nave were design by James Leonard Williams. He also designed St George's Church in Sudbury, and died in 1926, before both St George Church and All Saints Church were completed.

Interior construction continued until 6 July 1927 when the church was consecrated. The rood screen was designed by Williams. The ceiling, organ gallery and reredos were designed by Geoffrey Webb. The reredos is a painted copy of the Coronation of the Virgin by Fra Angelico, it was designed by Webb and built by Robert Bridgeman of Lichfield.

In 2001, the west side of the church was extended. The architect was Deirdre Waddington, who also designed the 2008-2009 renovation of the Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony in Crawley.