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All Saints Church

All Saints Church is a Church of England church in Easton, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. It was consecrated in 1917 and has been a listed grade II building since September 1978. [1] The church succeeded to the rights, privileges, registers and silver of the St George's Church. [2] It has been described as the finest ecclesiastical building on Portland – though somewhat hidden at its position. The church remains active to date, as part of the Portland Parish – a host of three churches; St. John's Church (St John the Baptist), All Saints Church and the Avalanche Memorial Church (St Andrew's Church). [3]

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History

By the 20th-century, the bishop of the time expressed the wish for a new church to be constructed on Portland, to succeed St George's as the parish church. [4] The church was known for being uncomfortable and draughty, while the original freehold selling of the box pews proved to be a burden over the life of the church. This was because the pew owners had become untraceable as they had been split between hundreds of members of Portland families over time. [5] These issues led to plans being put forward for a new parish church, and these were approved in 1913. [6]

By March 1914, enough funding had been raised to commence the building of the church. The chosen site for the church was within the Easton area known as Straits. [7] The building of the church commenced in 1914, and was completed and consecrated in 1917. [8] It had been designed by architect George Crickmay, and built by Crickmay and Sons, [1] with total costs amounting to £13,000. [9] The original plans had intended for a tower to be added to the church, however this was never built. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1281831)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Legg, Rodney (1999). Portland Encyclopaedia. Dorset Publishing Company. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Find Us".
  4. ↑ "Reforne". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Legg, Rodney (1999). Portland Encyclopaedia. Dorset Publishing Company. p. 132.
  6. ↑ Legg, Rodney (1999). Portland Encyclopaedia. Dorset Publishing Company. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Mackenzie, Roy (1999). Portland: A Topographical and Historical Gazetteer. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Portland, (All Saints, Easton)". 27 September 1999.
  9. ↑ Legg, Rodney (1999). Portland Encyclopaedia. Dorset Publishing Company. p. 7.

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