All Saints Church, Scholar Green

All Saints Church, Scholar Green
West end of All Saints Church, Scholar Green
All Saints Church, Scholar Green Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°06′51″N 2°15′52″W / 53.1142°N 2.2645°W / 53.1142; -2.2645
OS grid reference	SJ 824 575
Location	Scholar Green, Odd Rode, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Traditional
Website	All Saints, Scholar Green
History
Founder(s)	Randle Wilbraham III
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	14 February 1967
Architect(s)	George Gilbert Scott
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1863
Completed	1864
Construction cost	Nearly £5,914
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roof
Administration
Parish	Odd Rode
Deanery	Congleton
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Philip Atkinson
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Pam Hassell

All Saints Church is in the village of Scholar Green in the parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

The church was built in 1863–64 and designed by George Gilbert Scott. It was commissioned by Randle Wilbraham III of Rode Hall. The family had worshipped at St Mary's Church, Astbury, but Randle III wanted to have a church in Odd Rode. He had previously bought an old chapel in the parish for the purpose, but this was too small, and in 1861 he commissioned Scott to design a new church. Building began in 1863, but Randle III died during the first year of construction, and the church was completed and paid for by his son, Randle Wilbraham IV. It cost nearly £5,914, and was dedicated in 1864. The church continues to be active, and works in association with the other churches in the parish, the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rode Heath, and St Luke's Mission Church, Mow Cop.

All Saints is constructed in rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave, a south aisle, a chancel, a southwest porch, and a northeast vestry. The west end of the nave is symmetrical and is in three bays divided by buttresses with offsets. In the centre is a doorway with a moulded surround that includes small pillars, and above it is a hood mould, the label stops of which are carved with figureheads, one male, one female. Over the doorway is a gablet with a roundel containing a flower. Above this is a three-light window, and over that is a canopied niche containing a statue of Christ. At the top of the bay there is a double bellcote under a gablet containing a trefoil and surmounted by a weathercock. The lateral bays of the west end of the nave contain lancet windows, and at the corners are buttresses. The west end of the aisle is recessed and contains a three-light window. At its top is a gable containing an octofoil and surmounted by a cross finial. The sides of the church are in four bays divided by buttresses, and each bay contains a two-light window, other than the second bay of the aisle which contains a porch. The porch is gabled and has a pointed arch with semi-octagonal colonettes, a hood mould with figurehead label stops, and a cross finial. On the south side of the chancel is a chapel with a doorway, and on the north side is a gabled vestry. The east window has five lights, the label stops of its hood mould being carved with a bishop and a queen.