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Latitude: 53.1154 / 53°6'55"N
Longitude: -2.7988 / 2°47'55"W
OS Eastings: 346630
OS Northings: 357880
OS Grid: SJ466578
Mapcode National: GBR 7F.7QNP
Mapcode Global: WH88N.ZYDJ
Plus Code: 9C5V4682+5F
Entry Name: Church of All Saints
Listing Date: 1 March 1967
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1230337
English Heritage Legacy ID: 405146
ID on this website: 101230337
Location: All Saints Church, Handley, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH3
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Handley
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Handley All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Church building English Gothic architecture
SJ 45 NE HANDLEY C.P. WHITCHURCH ROAD
(East Side)
5/72 Church of All Saints.
1/3/1967
GV II*
Church: tower dated 1512, roof dated 1661 but re-used in restoration
of 1853-5 by James Harrison, chancel and vestry of 1891. Ashlar red
sandstone, Welsh slate roof. 3-bay nave, l-bay chancel, 3-stage west
tower, vestry and south porch. 2-centred arched entrance to porch and
rectangular 3-light and pointed 2-light windows in Decorated style in
nave. Chancel has a lancet and 3-light east window with reticulated
tracery. Tower has diagonal buttresses and 4-centred head to west
door under label mould with carved head stops. 3-light west window
breaks bond with carved heads and has a crocketted ogee hood. A
tablet to either side reads:
"Hoc ca' panile f'x'm' e' a' d'ni MCCCCXII t'p'e R'c'i raulinso,
rectoris ac prooibus b'n'facto ribus ejusdem orate."
Above are 2 empty niches. Similar 3-light louvred bell openings and
gargoyles support embattled parapet.
Interior: Good hammerbeam roof to nave, carved brackets carry
inscription RD 1661, JE 1661 and wind-braced purlins. Edges of all
main members picked out in black and white. Narrow chamfered chancel
arch on engaged octagonal columns. Similar but taller arch to tower.
Octagonal font on restored octagonal shaft.
The tower closely resembles that at St Alban's, Tattenhall (q.v.) and
has the same mason's marks.
Listing NGR: SJ4663057880
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