All Saints' Church, Falmouth

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All Saints' Church, Falmouth
All Saints' Church, Falmouth
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OS grid reference SW 802 325
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship High Church
Website http://www.allsaintschurchfalmouth.co.uk/
History
Dedication All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed[1]
Designated 23 January 1973
Administration
Parish Falmouth, Cornwall
Deanery Carnmarth South
Archdeaconry Cornwall
Diocese Truro
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Fr. Stephen Drakeley
Laity
Organist/Director of music Daniel Shermon

All Saints' Church, Falmouth is a parish church in the Church of England located in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

History

The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall in 1887.[2] The church was designed by the architect J. D. Sedding in the Gothic Revival style.[3] The aisles are narrow and there is a large east window of five lancets.[4]

The church was consecrated on 17 April 1890 by the Bishop of Barbados, the Rt Revd Herbert Bree, in place of the Bishop of Truro, Dr Wilkinson, who was ill.

List of vicars

  • Thomas Taylor 1890–92 (first vicar of newly created parish)
  • Canon C. W. G. Wood 1924–63
  • R. L. Ravenscroft 1964–68
  • Donald Young 1969–70
  • Peter Eustice 1971–76
  • Prebendary E. Stark 1977–81
  • A. Stone 198–83
  • Peter Watts 1984–94
  • James Scantlebury 1994–98
  • Stephen Drakeley 1999 to date


Organ

The pipe organ was built by Hele & Co of Plymouth in 1894.[5]

A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register

List of organists

  • W.J. Shoosmith 1890[6]–????
  • Frank B. Rogers ????–1921[7]–1929[8]– 1930[9]–????
  • Fred G. Herbert ca. 1947[10]
  • John Clarke ca. 1980–92
  • Andrew Jenkins 1992–95/96?
  • Roger King 1996–2012
  • Matthew Seaton 2012–14
  • Daniel Shermon 2014–present


References

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  2. Nikolaus Pevsner (1970) The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd ed.
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