Church of All Saints, Clifton
| Church of All Saints, Clifton | |
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| All Saints with St John, Clifton | |
The old red-brick tower with later concrete extensions
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 Church of All Saints, Clifton
Church's location in Bristol
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| 51°27′44″N 2°36′58″W / 51.4623°N 2.6161°W | |
| Location | Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | Church website |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Consecrated | 8 June 1868 (original) 1 July 1967 (rebuild) |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Active |
| Functional status | Parish church |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 8 January 1959 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | All Saints with St. John Clifton |
| Deanery | Bristol West |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Bristol |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bristol |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Fr Charles Sutton |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Jessica Smith Liz Badman |
| Director of music | John Davenport |
| Churchwarden(s) | Martin Robinson and Victoria Gordon |
| Parish administrator | Wendy Mortimer |
The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Clifton, Bristol. The church is a grade II listed building. It is located in the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton in the Diocese of Bristol.
In 1862, a committee was set up to provide a large church for the Clifton area of Bristol. It would be in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and would be a free church with no rented pews. The original church was built between 1868 and 1872 by George Edmund Street. The chancel was consecrated on 8 June 1868. A narthex was added in 1909 by George Frederick Bodley, and a sacristy was added in 1928 by Frederick Charles Eden.
On 2 December 1940, an incendiary bombs set fire to the building, and destroying the chancel and nave of the church. Only the tower, narthex, and sacristy remained standing. W. H. Randoll Blacking was the architect chosen to reconstruct the church, but, after much delay, he died before work could begin.
In the 1960s, it was once more decided that the rebuilding of the church should go ahead and Robert Potter was selected as the architect. He reorientated the church so that the altar now faces East. The altar itself is free standing and is set under a ciborium. Behind the font is a series of stained glass windows made from fibre glass and designed by John Piper. The new nave and altar were consecrated on 1 July 1967.
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