All Saints' Church, Hertford | |
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All Saints' with St John's, Hertford | |
51°47′42″N 0°04′33″W / 51.7950°N 0.0757°W | |
OS grid reference | TL 328,125 |
Location | Queens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | All Saints, Hertford |
History | |
Former name(s) | All Hallows, Hertford |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | ?700 AD |
Dedication | All Saints |
Consecrated | 20 February 1895 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 12 April 1973 |
Architect(s) | Paley, Austin and Paley Austin and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival (Perpendicular) |
Groundbreaking | 1893 |
Completed | 1905 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 800 |
Height | 140 feet (42.7 m) |
Materials | Runcorn sandstone |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | St Albans |
Archdeaconry | Hertford |
Deanery | Hertford and Ware |
Parish | All Saints with St. John, Hertford |
Clergy | |
Rector | Revd Canon Jo Loveridge BA MTh AKC |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Janet Bird |
Organist/Director of music | Martin Penny MA (Oxon) FRCO MCIM FISM |
Organist(s) | John Norris BA FGMS PGCE |
Organ scholar | Vacant |
Chapter clerk | Mary Penny |
Lay member(s) of chapter | Andrew Belfield |
Churchwarden(s) | Janet Bird Verity Tranter |
Flower guild | Dorothy Toyn |
Music group(s) | Samantha Chadwick |
Parish administrator | Martin Penny |
All Saints' Church is in Queens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hertford and Ware, the archdeaconry of Hertford, and the diocese of St Albans. It is the civic church of the town and of the county.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2] It is the largest church in Hertfordshire, other than St Albans Cathedral, and can seat up to 1,000 people.[3]