All Saints' Church, Hertford

All Saints' Church, Hertford
All Saints' with St John's, Hertford
All Saints' Church, Hertford, from the southwest
All Saints' Church, Hertford is located in Hertfordshire
All Saints' Church, Hertford
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Location in Hertfordshire
51°47′42″N 0°04′33″W / 51.7950°N 0.0757°W / 51.7950; -0.0757
OS grid referenceTL 328,125
LocationQueens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteAll Saints, Hertford
History
Former name(s)All Hallows, Hertford
StatusParish church
Founded?700 AD
DedicationAll Saints
Consecrated20 February 1895
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated12 April 1973
Architect(s)Paley, Austin and Paley
Austin and Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
(Perpendicular)
Groundbreaking1893
Completed1905
Specifications
Capacity800
Height140 feet (42.7 m)
MaterialsRuncorn sandstone
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSt Albans
ArchdeaconryHertford
DeaneryHertford and Ware
ParishAll Saints with
St. John, Hertford
Clergy
RectorRevd Canon Jo Loveridge BA MTh AKC
Laity
Reader(s)Janet Bird
Organist/Director of musicMartin Penny MA (Oxon) FRCO MCIM FISM
Organist(s)John Norris BA FGMS PGCE
Organ scholarVacant
Chapter clerkMary Penny
Lay member(s) of chapterAndrew Belfield
Churchwarden(s)Janet Bird
Verity Tranter
Flower guildDorothy Toyn
Music group(s)Samantha Chadwick
Parish administratorMartin 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]

  1. ^ All Saints, Hertford, Church of England, retrieved 10 December 2011
  2. ^ Historic England, "Church of All Saints with St John, Hertford (1268783)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 December 2011
  3. ^ History, All Saints, Hertford, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 December 2011