All Saints' Church, Denstone is a
Grade II* listed parish church
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in the
Church of England
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in
Denstone
Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet. The All Saints village church, vicarage and school were built by Sir Tho ...
.
History
The church was built between 1860 and 1862 to designs of the architect
George Edmund Street
George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an eccl ...
, funded by
Sir Thomas Percival Heywood, 2nd Baronet
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. At the same time, Street also designed the
lychgate
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, churchyard cross, vicarage and village school.
Fittings
The font on four marble columns is by Street, with carvings of four angels on each corner holding reversed jars to symbolise the four
Rivers of Paradise
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by
Thomas Earp.
The pulpit, chandeliers and wrought-iron screen are also by Street. There is stained glass by
Clayton and Bell
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.
Organ
The church has an organ which originally was built by Nicholson & Son in 1868 with the organ case by G. E. Street. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Churchyard
The churchyard contains the war grave of a Colonel Bertram of the
Manchester Regiment
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of
World War I
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.
CWGC Casualty record.
See also
*Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of East Staffordshire in Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Mi ...
* Listed buildings in Denstone
References
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Church of England church buildings in Staffordshire
Grade II* listed churches in Staffordshire
Churches completed in 1862
1862 establishments in England