All Saints Church, West Dulwich
| All Saints Church, West Dulwich | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | All Saints West Dulwich |
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| Architect(s) | George Fellowes Prynne |
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| Vicar(s) | Rev David Stephenson |
All Saints Church is a Grade I listed Gothic Revival church in West Dulwich, South London. It was designed by George Fellowes Prynne and built 1888–97.
The parish of All Saints was formed from the western part of the parish of St Luke's, West Norwood and also included a detached part of the parish of St Leonard's, Streatham. Until West Dulwich railway station was opened in 1863, the area that became All Saints’ parish was largely rural. However, the decades after then were marked by an upsurge in residential development, a large proportion of the new houses being on a substantial scale. In the 1880s, a temporary iron church was erected in Rosendale Road. This was replaced by a permanent structure that was consecrated in 1897.
In 1901, the population of the parish amounted to 3,665. In the following year it was served by one clergyman and attendance at its services (morning and evening combined) represented 37.3% of the parochial population.
Based on statistics from the UK census, the Diocese of Southwark estimates the population of All Saints’ parish was 5,700 in 2001 and 6,400 in 2011.
The church was designed by George Fellowes Prynne, a pupil of George Edmund Street. It stands on a site that slopes dramatically down from Lovelace Road to Rosendale Road. The east end of the church is lofty and the whole church, with the exception of the incomplete west bay, is situated over crypt spaces, which are extensively used by the wider community. The northeast corner of the building has four storeys of accommodation. An enclosed staircase rises to church floor level across the east elevation.
The building is vast in scale even though incomplete. The nave was intended to be three bays longer with an apsidal western baptistry. A flèche was intended over the chancel arch, flanked by a tall slender tower. Only the base of the flèche exists and the present bell turret by JBS Comper of 1952 is a modest substitute.
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