All Saints Church, Rotherham
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All Saints Church, Rotherham
| Rotherham Minster | |
 Rotherham Minster
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| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | www.rotherhamminster.org |
| History | |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Rotherham |
| Diocese | Sheffield |
| Province | York |
All Saints Church, Rotherham, also known as Rotherham Minster, stands in Church Street, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Pevsner describes it as "one of the largest and stateliest (.) churches in Yorkshire".[1] It is a Grade I listed building as of 19 October 1951.[2]
History, Architecture and Furnishings
The origins of the church are fourteenth century and the chancel is of that date.[2] The tower is early fifteenth century.[2] The remainder of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, or of the substantial restoration by George Gilbert Scott in 1873-5.[2] The style is Perpendicular.[1]
The chancel chapel was built in 1480 by Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of Lincoln, who subsequently endowed the College of Jesus, attached to the church, on his elevation to the Archbishopric of York.[1]
Alec Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of "best" English parish churches[3] and describes it as "the glory of Rotherham".[4]
A specification of the John Snetzler organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Notes
- ^ a b c The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: West Riding, page 418
- ^ a b c d Good Stuff IT Services (1951-10-19). "Church of All Saints - Rotherham - South Yorkshire - England". British Listed Buildings. http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-335635-church-of-all-saints-rotherham. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ Clifton-Taylor 1974, p. 259.
- ^ Clifton-Taylor 1974, pp. 19–20.
References
- Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Work of Art, London: Batsford, ISBN 0 7134 2776 0
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England:Yorkshire:West Riding (1967) Penguin Books
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