All Saints' Church, Falmouth
| All Saints' Church, Falmouth | |
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All Saints' Church, Falmouth
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| Coordinates: 50°09′04″N 05°04′35″W / 50.15111°N 5.07639°W | |
| OS grid reference | SW 802 325 |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | High Church |
| Website | http://www.allsaintschurchfalmouth.co.uk/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Designated | 23 January 1973 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Falmouth, Cornwall |
| Deanery | Carnmarth South |
| Archdeaconry | Cornwall |
| Diocese | Truro |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Parish in Transition |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Daniel Shermon |
All Saints' Church, Falmouth is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro located in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall in 1887. The church was designed by the architect J. D. Sedding in the Gothic Revival style. The aisles are narrow and there is a large east window of five lancets.
The church was consecrated on 17 April 1890 by the Bishop of Barbados, the Rt Revd Herbert Bree, in place of the Bishop of Truro, Dr Wilkinson, who was ill.
The church of All Saints was built 1887-90 to the designs of John Dando Sedding, uncle of Edmund H. Sedding. Fittings designed by him include the oak choir stalls, carved by Trask & Co. and the Devon marble font. As was often the case, the nephew was called upon to take over after his uncle died. In 1895, Edmund H. Sedding was the obvious choice to design the magnificent alabaster and marble pulpit executed by J. & E. Goad of the Plymouth Phoenix Steam Marble Works (RCG, 1895). In 1908 he also designed the elaborate reredos for All Saints. This was one of the instances where the Pinwill workshop did not carry out the work and Harry Hems of Exeter was chosen instead (CRO P257/2/53-58) but there are many fine examples of Pinwill woodcarving at All Saints.
You can read more about the carvings here:
A plan of the organ case at County Records Office is dated 1893 and illustrates the north side, facing into the chancel, and the west elevation, although the design is slightly different from what was produced.
The elaborate case encloses an organ by Hele & Co. of Plymouth, built in 1894, said at the time to be second only to the one in Truro Cathedral (RCG, 1894). An article in the Royal Cornwall Gazette records a service of dedication for the new organ, and remarks that the case of oak is ‘enhanced by fine carving, adding much to the beauty of the chancel'.
Most of the instrument is the one originally constructed for this church by Hele & Co of Plymouth in 1894 at a cost of £750. At that time, the Choir and some slides on the Great and Swell were only “prepared for”.
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