All Saints, Hessle
All Saints, Hessle
All Saints is a Grade I parish church on Southgate, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, in the Diocese of York.
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Hessle
- Address
- Southgate, Hessle, Yorkshire, HU13 0RB
- Postcode
- HU13 0RB
- Built
- C12 nave; C13 aisles; C15 tower and spire; restored 1868–70
- Architect
- R. G. Smith of Hull (1868–70 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- All Saints
- Diocese
- York
- Parish
- Hessle All Saints
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Gothic; Perpendicular tower and spire
- Materials
- Ashlar with lead roofs
- Grid reference
- TA 033 264
- Opening hours
- The church is usually open every day from 10am until noon for visits, services and private prayer.
- Access
- Non-accessible toilets in church. Ramp or level access available on request
Overview
Historic England records a twelfth-century nave, early thirteenth-century nave arcades, and a fifteenth-century west tower and spire. In 1868–70 R. G. Smith of Hull lengthened the nave by two bays, widened the aisles and rebuilt the chancel, reusing old materials, and added a north organ chamber. The fabric is ashlar with lead roofs: a three-stage west tower embraced by the aisle extensions, a tall spire with lucarnes, a five-bay aisled nave with north and south porches, and a two-bay chancel with north and south chapels.
Wikipedia and the listing note a medieval church on the site; aisles were added in the thirteenth century and the tower in the fifteenth. A gallery of 1802 was later removed. The church closed in 1840 for two years of roof repairs. The south chapel holds a collection of Romanesque carved stones, including a sagittarius. A north-aisle window is by Morris and Co. The building was listed Grade I in 1967.