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Church of All Saints, Clifton
Church of All Saints, Clifton
All Saints with St John, Clifton
	The old red-brick tower with later concrete extensions
	Church of All Saints, Clifton Church's location in Bristol
	51°27′44″N 2°36′58″W / 51.4623°N 2.6161°W
Location	Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	Church website
History
Status	Active
Dedication	All Saints
Consecrated	8 June 1868 (original) ; 1 July 1967 (rebuild)
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	8 January 1959
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Bristol
Archdeaconry	Archdeaconry of Bristol
Deanery	Bristol West
Parish	All Saints with St. John Clifton
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Fr Charles Sutton
Laity
Reader(s)	Jessica Smith ; Liz Badman
Director of music	John Davenport
Churchwarden(s)	Martin Robinson and Adam Chivers
Parish administrator	Wendy Mortimer

The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Clifton, Bristol. The church is a grade II listed building.^[1] It is located in the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton in the Diocese of Bristol.

History

In 1862, a committee was set up to provide a large church for the Clifton area of Bristol.^[2] It would be in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and would be a free church with no rented pews.^[2] The original church was built between 1868 and 1872 by George Edmund Street.^[1] The chancel was consecrated on 8 June 1868.^[2] A narthex was added in 1909 by George Frederick Bodley, and a sacristy was added in 1928 by Frederick Charles Eden.^[1] The narthex houses the Chapel of Saint Richard of Chichester, built as memorial to Richard Randall, the first Vicar of All Saints, who became Dean of Chichester.^[1]

On 2 December 1940, an incendiary bomb set fire to the building, destroying the chancel and nave of the church.^[2] Only the tower, narthex, and sacristy remained standing.^[3] W. H. Randoll Blacking was the architect chosen to reconstruct the church, but, after much delay, he died before work could begin.^[2]

In the 1960s, it was once more decided that the rebuilding of the church should go ahead and Robert Potter, Blacking's partner, was selected as the architect.^[2] He reorientated the church so that the altar now faces East.^[1] The altar itself is free standing and is set under a ciborium, a four-columned indoor roof.^[1]^[2] Behind the font is a series of stained glass windows made from fibre glass and designed by John Piper.^[1]^[2] The new nave and altar were consecrated on 1 July 1967.^[2] The same year, a stained glass window designed by Christopher Webb (another former partner of Blacking) was installed in the east window of the narthex;^[1] it was Webb's last window (Webb having died the previous year).^[4]

On 8 January 1959, the church was designated a grade II listed building.^[1]

Present day

In 1978, the parish of All Saints Clifton was joined with that of St John's Clifton to form the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton.^[3]^[5] St John's Church was declared redundant in 1980.^[3]^[6]

In March 2013, the parochial church council voted to rescind Resolutions A and B, and to rescind the petition for alternative episcopal oversight.^[3] With these actions, the parish signalled that it accepts the ordination of women.^[3] It remains within the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.^[5]

Notable people

Cedric Bucknall, organist

Clergy

Henry Bromby, former vicar, previously Dean of Hobart
Fabian Jackson, former vicar, later Bishop of Trinidad
Diarmaid MacCulloch, non-stipendiary deacon from 1987 to 1988, later Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford
Richard Randall, first vicar from 1868 and 1892, later Dean of Chichester

Gallery

Church tower with spire
Stained glass window by John Piper
Altar with ciborium
High Altar and Baldachino
Nave with large windows
The Chancel with a tabernacle set into the wall
Organ
Stained glass window by Christopher Webb
Stained glass window in the narthex
Crucifix

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS". The Heritage List. Historic England. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "History". All Saints Clifton. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Profile: Parish of All Saints with St John Clifton" (PDF). Diocese of Bristol. 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "Church of All Saints, Clifton, Bristol". Visit Stained Glass. British Society of Master Glass Painters and the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "All Saints, Clifton". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "St. John The Evangelist, Clifton". The National Archives. Retrieved 6 March 2017.