| All Saints Church, Speke | |
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  All Saints Church, Speke Location in Merseyside | |
| 53°20′38″N2°51′28″W / 53.3440°N 2.8579°W /53.3440; -2.8579 | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 430 834 |
| Location | Speke,Liverpool,Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | [1] |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 21 June 1876 |
| Architecture | |
| Groundbreaking | 1872 |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone, tiled roofs |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Liverpool |
| Archdeaconry | Liverpool |
| Deanery | Liverpool South Childwall |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Phil Saltmarsh |
| Curate(s) | Gareth Morgan |
All Saints Church is inSpeke,Liverpool,Merseyside, England, standing at the junction of Hale Road and Speke Church Road. It is an activeAnglicanparish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and thediocese of Liverpool. Itsbenefice is united with that of St Aidan, Speke.[1] The church is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designated Grade IIlisted building.[2]
The church was built between 1872 and 1875, and designed byJohn Loughborough Pearson.[3] It was consecrated by theBishop of Chester on 21 June 1876. The church was enlarged in the 1930s; this included a newvestry, offices, and the installation of electric lighting.[4]
All Saints is constructed in snecked red stone, with a tiled roof.[2] Its architectural style includesDecorated details, includingGeometrictracery in some of the windows.[3] Its plan consists of anave, a northaisle, a northtransept, achancel with a northvestry, and a southwest steeple. On the northwest side of the tower is a stairturret, and the entrance to the church is on the south side of the tower. Above the entrance are threelancet windows, and above them, the bell openings have two lights. The tower is surmounted by abroach spire withlucarnes. At the west end of the church, the nave has a four-light window, and the aisle window has two lights. The windows along the side of the nave have three lights, and those along the aisle have two lights. The east window has five lights; this window is flanked bygabledbuttresses. In the transept is a three-light window.[2]
Inside the church is a four-bayarcade carried on round columns. The chancel arch is carried oncorbelled responds (half-columns). Between the chancel and the organ loft is a pair of arches with atympanum containing aquatrefoil.[2] The stained glass in the windows was made byClayton and Bell.[5] The originalpipe organ had twomanuals, and was made byGray and Davidson.[5] It was replaced in the 1930s.[4] There is aring of three bells, which were cast in 1874 byJohn Taylor & Co, but these are no longer ringable.[6]
The church was designated as a listed building on 14 March 1975. It is listed at Grade II,[2] which is the lowest of the three grades, and includes buildings that are "of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them.".[7] The church is discussed by Pollard andPevsner in theBuildings of England series. They are of the opinion that it is "not on a par" with Pearson'sChurch of St. Agnes elsewhere in Liverpool, and state that it is "simple, reasonable and serious, but devoid of Pearson's great enthusiasm".[3]