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Church of All Saints

A Grade II* Listed Building in Hereford, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0566 / 52°3'23"N

Longitude: -2.7176 / 2°43'3"W

OS Eastings: 350892

OS Northings: 240043

OS Grid: SO508400

Mapcode National: GBR FL.DLHF

Mapcode Global: VH85N.VK5S

Plus Code: 9C4V374J+JX

Entry Name: Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 10 June 1952

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1025105

English Heritage Legacy ID: 372362

Also known as: All Saints Church, Hereford

ID on this website: 101025105

Location: Hereford, County of Herefordshire, HR4

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Hereford

Built-Up Area: Hereford

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Hereford All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Description


HEREFORD

SO5040SE HIGH STREET 683-1/6/181 (North side) 10/06/52 Church of All Saints

GV II*

Parish church. C13 and C14. Coursed rubble; ashlar sandstone; slate and tile roof; ashlar tower and spire. Nave; chancel; south aisles; tower with spire; north and south chapels. EXTERIOR: North front: 5 Perpendicular windows with stained and coloured glass; stepped buttresses; moulded parapet; gargoyles. East front: 4-light stained glass window with cinquefoil head, under pointed arch. West front: C20 restored window; 4-light window to South aisle. South front: porch with wrought-iron gates and plank doors, under enriched pointed arch with moulded and decorated spandrels, and castellated parapet; doorway to North under moulded pointed arch with enriched spandrels, moulded jambs, and hood-moulding; various 2-and 3-light mullions; enriched buttress finials. Castellated tower with corner buttresses and louvred lancets; ribbed spire with finials to louvred lancets, and weathercock. INTERIOR: pulpit, c1621. C14 stalls with misericordes, and chest. C16 font (from which David Garrick was baptised in 1717); C17 reredos; C15 tiles and wall painting; Chained Library of some 300 books, the second largest in England (The largest being held at Hereford Cathedral (qv)). (Duncumb J: History of the County of Hereford: 1804-: 592-597).

Listing NGR: SO5089240043

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