The Church of All Saints in
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the t ...
,
West Yorkshire
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, England is an active
Anglican
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parish church
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in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the
Diocese of Leeds. The church is
Grade II listed
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. All Saints is one of the three Anglican churches in town; the others being All Saints at Hightown and St Paul the Apostle.
History
The church was built to a design by H. F. Bacon and was completed in 1866.
Architectural style
The church is built of hammer-dressed sandstone with a slate roof. The five-bay nave has both north and south aisles with a crossing tower, a south gabled porch and north and south transepts. The buttressed north aisle has a weathered plinth, two-centred arched window with two cusped lights with hood moulds with figured stops. The crossing tower has two stages and corner pilasters and a white clock face with hood mould and two recessed louvred belfry windows with set in shafts at each side.
See also
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Listed buildings in Castleford
References
External links
Castleford Team ParishArchived on 8 August 2022
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Churches in Castleford, West Yorkshire
Listed buildings in Castleford, West Yorkshire
Anglican Diocese of Leeds
Church of England church buildings in West Yorkshire
Grade II listed churches in West Yorkshire