All Saints, Bakewell
All Saints, Bakewell
All Saints is a Grade I parish church on South Church Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire, in the Diocese of Derby. It originated as a minster on a royal estate and still dominates the town from the hillside.
- Location
- Bakewell, Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Derbyshire
- City / town
- Bakewell
- Address
- South Church Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1FD
- Postcode
- DE45 1FD
- Built
- C12 and C13 on a Saxon site; C14-C15 additions; tower and transepts rebuilt 1841-52; nave arcades 1852; chancel restored 1879-82
- Architect
- William Flockton (tower and transepts 1841-52); Weightman and Hadfield (nave arcades 1852); Gilbert Scott the younger (chancel 1879-82)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- All Saints
- Diocese
- Derby
- Parish
- Bakewell
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Norman to Perpendicular, with C19 restoration
- Materials
- Ashlar sandstone; lead roofs
- Grid reference
- SK 215 684
- Opening hours
- During the spring and summer the church is open from 9am to 5pm. In the Autumn and Winter after until the clocks change it is open from 9am to 4pm.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic England records a church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, possibly incorporating some Saxon masonry, with fourteenth- and fifteenth-century additions. The tower and transepts were rebuilt in 1841-52 by William Flockton of Sheffield, replicating the medieval design; nave arcades were replaced in 1852 by Weightman and Hadfield; the chancel was restored in 1879-82 by Gilbert Scott the younger. The fabric is ashlar sandstone with lead roofs, cruciform and embattled throughout, with a central tower, octagon and spire.
The twelfth-century west door has colonnettes, beakhead ornament and saltire crosses, with fragmentary blind arcading above. The unrestored thirteenth-century inner south door has dogtooth ornament. The south porch houses an extensive collection of early sepulchral stones from the Saxon period to the thirteenth century. The church is rich in monuments to the Vernon and Manners families. Tradition and the Heritage Gateway associate the minster with Edward the Elder's fortification of Bakewell in 920.