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{{Infobox church | name = All Saints Church, Thelwall| fullname = | image = Thelwall All Saints 2.jpg| imagesize = | caption = All Saints Church, Thelwall, from the west | pushpin map = Cheshire| pushpin map alt = | pushpin mapsize = 250 | pushpin label position = | map caption = Location in Cheshire| location =[[Thelwall]], [[Cheshire]] | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.3821|-2.5281|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}}| osgraw = SJ 650 875| denomination = [[Anglican]]| churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = [http://www.allsaints.org.uk All Saints, Thelwall] | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = All [[Saint]]s| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = | functional status = | heritage designation = Grade II| designated date = 14&nbsp;June 1984| architect = [[James Mountford Allen]]<br>William Owen| architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]| style = [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]]| groundbreaking = 1843| completed date = 1890 | construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area = | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = [[Sandstone]] with slate roofs| parish = All Saints, Thelwall| deanery = Great Budworth| archdeaconry = Chester| diocese = [[Diocese of Chester|Chester]]| province = [[Province of York|York]]| canon = | rector = | vicar = | curate = | priest = | asstpriest = | minister = | assistant = | honpriest = | deacon = | chaplain = | reader = | organistdom = | director = | organist = | organscholar = | chapterclerk = | laychapter = | warden = | flowerguild = | musicgroup = | parishadmin = | serversguild = | logo = | logosize = }}

'''All Saints Church''' is in the village of [[Thelwall]], [[Cheshire]], England. The church is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=images>{{NHLE |num= 1139326|desc= Church of All Saints, Grappenhall and Thelwall|access-date= 1 July 2013|mode=cs2}}</ref> It is an active [[Anglican]] [[parish church]] in the [[diocese of Chester]], the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/thelwall-all-saints/| title = All Saints, Thelwall| access-date = 28 January 2011| publisher = [[Church of England]]}}</ref>

The origins of a church or chapel at Thelwall are unclear. It has been thought that a chapel was built by Richard Brooke of [[Norton Priory]] but a legal suit in 1663 suggests that there was a chapel on the site before this date. At this time Thelwall was in the [[All Saints Church, Runcorn|parish of Runcorn]]. In 1663 the chapel on the site was restored by Robert Pickering. After this the chapel fell into disrepair. It was restored again and re-opened in 1782.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history1.htm |title=History - Page 1 |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=All Saints Church, Thelwall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012541/http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history1.htm |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By the following century the church was too small for its congregation and in 1843 a new church was built and consecrated.<ref name=hist2>{{citation |url=http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history2.htm |title=History - Page 2 |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=All Saints Church, Thelwall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012557/http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history2.htm |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This consisted of a [[nave]] which was designed by [[James Mountford Allen]].<ref name=pev>{{Citation | last =Pollard| first =Richard | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England|title =Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | year =2006 | location =New Haven and London | page = 628| isbn =0-300-10910-5 }}</ref> In 1856 the [[chancel]] was built at the expense of James Nicholson and the [[nave]] was extended by one [[bay (architecture)|bay]].<ref name=hist2/> In 1890 Henry Stanton commissioned a new north [[aisle]], a new [[baptistry]] with a new [[baptismal font|font]], and a new [[vestry]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history3.htm |title=History - Page 3 |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=All Saints Church, Thelwall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012608/http://www.allsaints.org.uk/history3.htm |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The aisle and vestry, together with a north porch, were designed by [[William Owen (architect, born 1846)|William Owen]].<ref name=images/>

The church is built in [[sandstone]] with steeply pitched slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave of six bays, a chancel of two bays, a north aisle and a west porch. A west [[bellcote]] has one bell.<ref name=images/>

The chancel has a floor of [[marble]] and coloured glazed tiles. The [[reredos]] has two panels of Biblical scenes in marble which are separated by plaster angels.<ref name=images/> In the church is a memorial to [[Edward the Elder]] who founded Thelwall in 923. This is dated 1907 and is by [[Eric Gill]].<ref name=pev/> The frame of the memorial is by [[F. C. Eden|F.&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Eden]] and Helfar Bros.<ref name=images/> From around 1884 the organ used had been built by [[Gray and Davidson]], and in 1964 it was rebuilt by Jardine. By the 21st&nbsp;century the electrical control system had deteriorated and this was replaced in 2005 by a solid-state system made by John Lifton.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.allsaints.org.uk/organ.htm |title=Pipe Organ |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=All Saints Church, Thelwall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012011/http://www.allsaints.org.uk/organ.htm |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==External features==

The churchyard contains [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|war graves]] of three soldiers of [[World War I]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2077939/THELWALL%20%28ALL%20SAINTS%29%20CHURCHYARD,%20GRAPPENHALL| title = THELWALL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, GRAPPENHALL| access-date = 4 February 2013| publisher = [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]}}</ref>

==See also==

{{Portal|Cheshire}}

*[[Listed buildings in Grappenhall and Thelwall]]

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[[Category:Church of England church buildings in Cheshire]]

[[Category:Grade II listed churches in Cheshire]]

[[Category:Churches completed in 1890]]

[[Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in England]]

[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire]]

[[Category:Diocese of Chester]]