All Saints' Church, Falmouth
| All Saints' Church, Falmouth | |
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 All Saints' Church, Falmouth | |
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| 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[1] |
| Designated | 23 January 1973 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Truro |
| Archdeaconry | Cornwall |
| Deanery | Carnmarth South |
| Parish | Falmouth, Cornwall |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Fr. Stephen Drakeley |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Daniel Shermon |
All Saints' Church, Falmouth is a parish church in the Church of England located in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
History
The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall in 1887.[2] The church was designed by the architect J. D. Sedding in the Gothic Revival style.[3] The aisles are narrow and there is a large east window of five lancets.[4]
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.
List of vicars
- Thomas Taylor 1890–92 (first vicar of newly created parish)
- Canon C. W. G. Wood 1924–63
- R. L. Ravenscroft 1964–68
- Donald Young 1969–70
- Peter Eustice 1971–76
- Prebendary E. Stark 1977–81
- A. Stone 198–83
- Peter Watts 1984–94
- James Scantlebury 1994–98
- Stephen Drakeley 1999 to date
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Organ
The pipe organ was built by Hele & Co of Plymouth in 1894.[5]
A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register
List of organists
- W.J. Shoosmith 1890[6]–????
- Frank B. Rogers ????–1921[7]–1929[8]– 1930[9]–????
- Fred G. Herbert ca. 1947[10]
- John Clarke ca. 1980–92
- Andrew Jenkins 1992–95/96?
- Roger King 1996–2012
- Matthew Seaton 2012–14
- Daniel Shermon 2014–present
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References
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (Grade II*) (1270048)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner (1970) The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd ed.
- ^ "History Full". All Saints Parish Church Falmouth. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 29 April 2015 suggested (help) - ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1970). Cornwall. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Penguin Books. p. 67. ISBN 978-0300126686.
- ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette. 23 August 1894. p. 8.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette. 24 April 1890. p. 6.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Mate, G. A. (1921). Dictionary of Organs and Organists (2nd ed.).
- ^ Cornishman. 12 December 1929.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 8 March 1930.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Cornishman. 22 May 1947.
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