| All Saints Church | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank, from the southwest | |
  All Saints Church Location in West Lancashire | |
| 53°42′10″N2°50′24″W / 53.7027°N 2.8400°W /53.7027; -2.8400 | |
| Location | Station Road,Hesketh Bank,Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | All Saints |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect | Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1923 |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
| Deanery | Leyland |
| Parish | Hesketh with Becconsall |
| Clergy | |
| Priest | Revd Nicholas Davis |
| Assistant priest | Interregnum |
| Laity | |
| Reader | Lesley |
| Churchwarden(s) | Iain Ashcroft Mary Scambler |
All Saints Church is in Station Road,Hesketh Bank,Lancashire, England. It is an activeAnglicanparish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and thediocese of Blackburn.[1]
The church was designed by theLancaster architectHenry Paley ofAustin and Paley, and built between 1925 and 1926. Plans had been made in 1923 for a church with a spire, which would have cost about £6,500 (equivalent to £470,000 in 2023),[2] but these were scaled back, and the planned spire was replaced by a tower with asaddleback roof.[3] The new church replaced a smaller church built in 1765, and the site was given by Major T. Fermor-Hesketh.[4] The tower was completed by the same architect in 1935 at a cost of £721.[5]
The authors of theBuildings of England series state that this a small church, but that its broad west tower is "impressive".[6] The tower is supported by stepped anglebuttresses, and it has a pyramidal roof recessed on two sides. The windows containtracery based on theDecorated andPerpendicular styles.[6]
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