All Saints' Church, Putney Common

All Saints Church, Putney

Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Liberal Catholic
Website	http://www.parishofputney.co.uk
Administration
Parish	Putney Team Ministry
Deanery	Wandsworth Deanery
Archdeaconry	Wandsworth
Diocese	Southwark (Episcopal Area, Kingston)
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Chris Eyden
Laity
Director of music	Patrick Allies

All Saints Church, Putney, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church located on Putney Common, London.^[1]

All Saints is one of the two churches in the Parish of Putney, the other being St. Mary's Church, Putney. The parish is within the Wandsworth Deanery, the Kingston Episcopal Area and the Diocese of Southwark.

History

The church was built 1873-74 on land donated by Earl Spencer, and the foundation stone was laid by HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein on 25 April 1874.

The building was designed by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. The windows are the most extensive glazing scheme by Morris & Co. in any London church. Most of the cartoons (original drawings) for the windows were created for buildings elsewhere (seven were taken from designs drawn in 1874 for a church in Calcutta). All but two windows are the work of Morris & Co., the majority being drawn by Burne-Jones, and six by Morris himself. The windows pre-dating 1896 would have been designed (i.e. colour of glass, painted detail) by William Morris,.^[2]

Recent events

It survived an arson attack in January 1993. Police caught the arsonist at two o'clock one morning moments after he ignited oil in the boiler room. Following this there was a £1m renovation programme that led to a new roof and major alterations.

References

↑ Historic England. "All Saints, Putney Common (1065542)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
↑ "All Saints Church Putney History". Retrieved 29 November 2013.

External links

Official website

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Churches in Wandsworth

Ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	All Saints, Wandsworth St Mary, Battersea St Mary the Virgin, Putney St Nicholas, Tooting Graveney

Anglican daughter churches	Ascension of the Lord, Battersea All Saints, Putney Common Holy Trinity, Roehampton St Anne, Wandsworth St Margaret, Putney St Mark, Battersea Rise

Other denominations	Putney Methodist Church Sacred Heart, Battersea St John's Polish Church, Putney St Joseph, Roehampton St Mary, Clapham St Thomas a Becket, Wandsworth Werter Road Baptist Church West Side Church, Wandsworth

Coordinates: 51°25′47″N 0°14′18″W / 51.42972°N 0.23833°W / 51.42972; -0.23833

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