All Souls' Church, Blackman Lane
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| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Liberal Catholic |
| Website | [1] |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Souls |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Sir George Gilbert Scott |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Leeds |
| Episcopal area | Leeds |
| Archdeaconry | Leeds |
| Deanery | Allerton |
| Parish | St. Martins with All Souls |
| Clergy | |
| Deacon(s) | Rev. Warwick Turnbull |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Keith Senior |
| Churchwarden(s) | Monica Richardson-Sowe Michael Campbell |
All Souls' Church, Blackman Lane, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a large Victorian Church of England parish church.
History
All Souls' Church was built by public subscription in one of the poorest districts of Leeds, the Leylands, as a memorial to Dr W. F. Hook, Vicar of Leeds for some 22 years and later Dean of Chichester. The design is simple and impressive in scale: 134 ft in length with aisles both to the nave and chancel, a southwest porch and a baptistery under the northwest tower.
It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, "to stem the tide of spiritual destitution" in the area, and is the last church he designed before his death in 1878: his son, John Oldrid Scott, took over the supervision of the building. The foundation stone was laid in September 1876; the church was consecrated on 29 January 1880. Southowram stone with Meanwood dressings was used for the exterior, Harehills stone for the interior. The column supports for the nave arcades are of Park Spring stone. The interior walls are of ashlar stonework.
Between 1968 and 1974 "Tennant Hall", formerly the church's Sunday Schools, was used as the BBC Leeds TV studios, primarily for the nightly local news programme Look North. In 1974 the BBC moved to new, purpose-built studios nearby at Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane.
The ornate, wooden font cover was donated by the artist Emily Ford in thanksgiving for her own baptism as adult. She decorated the cover with biblical scenes whose characters have the faces of her friends and fellow campaigners. The West Yorkshire branch of the Victorian Society raised £6,000 in 2013 to enable Ford's eight painted panels to be cleaned and restored by David Everingham.
From 1 October 2011 the parishes of All Souls' and St Aidan's, Harehills were joined to create the team parish of "Leeds: All Souls and St Aidan".
Organ
The organ was built in 1877 by Abbott and Smith, and restored in 1906 and 1938 by the same builder. It was restored by Wood Wordsworth and Co in 1976, and by John T Jackson in 1997. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[1]
The ornate organ case was carved by A. Crawford Hick.
Organists
- Frederick William Hird ???? - 1887[2]
- John Pew Bowling
- Hugh Mulleneux Lawrence 1887–1896
- Thomas James Hoggett 1896–1901
- Newell Smith Wallbank ???? – 1911
- Charles Legh Naylor 1911–1917
- R. H. Hargrave
- Keith Senior 2008 - current
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Services
Sunday services offer warm Anglo-Catholic liturgy, with a children's talk and full lay involvement. The Debre Sibhat Medhanialem Ethiopian Orthodox Church meets on Sunday afternoons.
Sunday
- 11.00 Sung Mass
- 14:00 Ethiopian Service
Wednesday
- 10.00 Mass
See also
References
- ^ "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ British musical biography. James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton - 1897
Gallery
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Interior -
High Altar and Reredos -
Organ -
Stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe -
Baptismal font
External links
- Church website
- All Souls', Leeds at achurchnearyou.com