All Saints Church, Holdenby | |
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Coordinates: 52°18′08″N 0°59′12″W / 52.3021°N 0.9867°W | |
OS grid reference | SP 691 675 |
Location | Holdenby, Northamptonshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
History | |
Founder(s) | Richard Holdenby |
Dedication | All Saints |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 2 November 1954 |
Architect(s) | Sir Henry Dryden (chancel) Sir George Gilbert Scott (restoration) |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1330 |
Completed | 1844 |
Closed | 1972 |
Specifications | |
Materials |
Lias ashlar stone, tiled roofs |
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Holdenby, Northamptonshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
The present church was largely built between 1330 and 1340 by Richard Holdenby, the lord of the manor. It is not the first church on the site, because the presence of a rector is recorded in 1220, but there are no remains of an earlier church. The nave, the aisles, and the lower part of the tower date from the 14th century. During the 15th century the upper part of the tower was added, and the north aisle was altered and its roof was raised. In the 1570s Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor to Elizabeth I, built a new mansion and moved the dwellings of the village away from the vicinity of the church, leaving it isolated. In 1843–44 the chancel was rebuilt to a design by Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby House. The church was restored in 1867–68 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. This included adding new high-pitched roofs to the nave and the south aisle, renewal of the window tracery, the stained glass and the doors, and the addition of the south porch. An organ chamber was added to the chancel in 1874. In 1972, when the parish was united with that of East Haddon, All Saints was declared redundant, and it came under the care of the Redundant Churches Fund (now the Church Conservation Trust).