| All Saints' Church | |
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 The frontage of the church | |
  All Saints' Church Location within Reading | |
| 51°27′5.04″N0°59′17.83″W / 51.4514000°N 0.9882861°W /51.4514000; -0.9882861 | |
| Location | Reading |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | http://www.achurchnearyou.com/reading-all-saints/ |
| History | |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Dedication | AllSaints |
| Consecrated | 1865 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Architect | James Piers St Aubyn |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1874 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Oxford |
| Archdeaconry | Berkshire |
All Saints' Church is aChurch of England parish church in the town ofReading in theEnglish county ofBerkshire. The church is on Downshire Square, a tree-lined square inWest Reading close to theBath Road. It is part of the parish of St. Mark and All Saints, which includesSt. Mark's Church.
The church was built between 1865 and 1874, as a daughter church of theMinster Church of St Mary, to serve the growing population of the Bath Road area. It was designed by thearchitectJames Piers St Aubyn. The construction is of coursed rubble withashlar dressings and weatheredbuttresses. The roof is tiled, and the church has a five bayaislednave with a shorttransept. The interior includes a paintedarcade, a rich five-windowapse, andmuralmosaics, the finest of which is a glass mosaicreredos depicting the last supper. This came from the London workshop of the renowned glass artistAntonio Salviati[1] and was installed in 1866. The foundations for a tower to the south side of the church were constructed, but the tower itself was never completed.[1]
The music for the church was originally provided by a small four-stop organ lent to the church by a "Father Willis", which was positioned in the original North transept. The organ was extensively enhanced to include a triple keyboard and additional pipes between 1874 and 1883, and has remained in more or less the same form until the present day.[1]
There is a current project appeal for the upgrading of the church to modern accessibility standards. This project hopes to add toilet facilities and improve disabled access to the building whilst retaining the church's unique character and architectural features.[2]
The church is categorised as a Grade IIlisted building byEnglish Heritage.[3][4]
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