All Saints Church, Boltongate

All Saints' Church, Boltongate
All Saints' Church, Boltongate
	All Saints' Church from the south
	All Saints' Church, Boltongate Location in Cumbria
	Coordinates: 54°45′22″N3°11′55″W / 54.7560°N 3.1986°W
OS grid reference	NY 229 407
Location	Boltongate, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	All Saints, Boltongate
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	11 April 1967
Architectural type	Church
Specifications
Materials	Limestone; nave roof of sandstone slates, chancel roof of green slate
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	West Cumberland
Deanery	Derwent
Parish	All Saints, Bolton
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Stephen Walker

Last updated November 23, 2022

All Saints' Church is in the village of Boltongate, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle.^[1] A former fortified church, it is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.^[2]

History

The church dates mainly from the late 14th century, and it is built on a plinth from an earlier church. The church was built to resist fire and assault. The rectory was also fortified and includes a pele tower.^[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The authors of the Buildings of England series (led by Nikolaus Pevsner) describe the church as "one of the architectural sensations of Cumbria".^[4] Externally it is Perpendicular in style, while internally it is more Scottish with French influences.^[4] The church is built in limestone; the roof of the nave has sandstone slates, while that of the chancel is in green slate.

Its plan consists of a two-bay nave with north and south porches and chapels forming north and south transepts, and a three-bay chancel with a north vestry. The porches and transepts have a structural function, as they support the thrust of the massive stone roof of the nave. At the west, but set back from the west front, is a twin bellcote. (The bellcote was moved to its present position in 1812).^[2] A plain parapet runs round the walls of the nave and a cross finial stands on the east gable. At the northeast junction of the nave and chancel is a hexagonal stair turret that leads to a walkway around the parapet; the turret is surmounted by a slate-covered spire. In the south wall of the chancel is an arched priest's doorway.

Interior

The chancel has an open timber roof. The nave has a stone barrel-vaulted roof.^[2]^[4] This indicates that this was a fortified building, and it is said to be the only stone barrel-vaulted church in England. Corbels at the west end support the bellcote and the parapet walk. The corbels elsewhere in the nave have an uncertain function; they possibly supported the centring over which the vault was built, or an upper floor.^[2]^[4] As well as a piscina on the south side of the chancel, there are piscinae in both transepts (indicating that they would originally have had altars); the piscina in the south transept has an ogee arch and recesses for aumbries. The font has a 14th-century appearance, but may be older. Around the walls are plaques dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the windows is stained glass dated 1864 and 1884 designed by R. B. Edmundson. On the west wall are boards dating from the 19th century that carry the Creed and Lord's Prayer.^[2]

Organ

The church had an undated organ built by the Casson Positive Organ Company. This has been replaced with a 19th-century organ by Wilkinson and Sons of Kendal. The instrument had previously been housed in St Oswald's Church, Grasmere and Lancaster Baptist Church before being moved to Boltongate in 2000.^[5]

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References

↑ All Saints, Bolton, Church of England , retrieved 15 March 2010^{[ permanent dead link ]}
1 2 3 4 5 Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Boltons (1312157)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 May 2012.
↑ Historic England. "Boltongate Rectory (10004)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 5 June 2012.
1 2 3 4 Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 158–159, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1 Pevsner originally described the building as one of the architectural sensations of Cumberland, a description which has been updated to reflect local government reorganisation.
↑ Cumberland, Boltongate, All Saints, British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 27 July 2019

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[1] All Saints, Bolton, Church of England , retrieved 15 March 2010^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[images-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Boltons (1312157)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 May 2012.

[3] Historic England. "Boltongate Rectory (10004)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 5 June 2012.

[pev-4] 1 2 3 4 Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 158–159, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1 Pevsner originally described the building as one of the architectural sensations of Cumberland, a description which has been updated to reflect local government reorganisation.

[5] Cumberland, Boltongate, All Saints, British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 27 July 2019

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