Church

All Saints, Clayton West

All Saints, Clayton West

All Saints is a Grade II parish church on Church Lane, Clayton West, in the Diocese of Leeds and the parish of Clayton West with High Hoyland.

Location
Clayton West, Yorkshire
Country
England
County
Yorkshire
City / town
Clayton West
Address
Church Lane, Clayton West, Yorkshire, HD8 9LY
Postcode
HD8 9LY
Built
1872–75
Consecrated
1875
Architect
Edward Hughes
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
All Saints
Diocese
Leeds
Parish
Clayton West with High Hoyland All Saints
Grade
II
Style
Gothic Revival
Materials
Pitch-faced stone with ashlar dressings; pitched slate roof
Grid reference
SE 258 109
Opening hours
Open 8am to 5pm in Summer; 8am to 4pm in winter.
Access
Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church

Overview

Historic England dates the church to 1875: a three-bay nave with lean-to south aisle and gabled porch, a two-bay chancel, and a vestry to the north, in pitch-faced stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. A tall octagonal wooden bellcote with traceried sides and a slender fleche sits on the nave. The interior has a three-bay south arcade on short octagonal piers and scissor-braced roofs. The listing records a carved stone pulpit of 1899 in memory of Fitzgerald Thomas Wintour and an oak memorial to Captain Charles John Wintour RN, killed at Jutland in 1916.

The parish history states that John Kaye gave the site, W. B. Beaumont of Bretton Hall met half the £2,300 cost, and Bishop Bickersteth of Ripon consecrated the church in 1875. NCT and the parish name Edward Hughes as architect (design 1871). Villagers had previously worshipped at All Hallows, High Hoyland.

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