January 2016:
LINCOLN, All Saints.
All Saints Church, Monks Road, Lincoln
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7th January 2016
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7th January 2016
Our first visit of 2016 was touched with sadness, as our group founder, Dr John Ketteringham had died at home on 24th December 2015. It was his suggestion we visit All Saints Church, and it did not disappoint in any way. The brick built exterior is unprepossessing, and Pevsner calls it ‘typical of C H Fowler’s suburban brick churches.’ But the interior is a revelation; spacious, colourful and full of history with friendly parishioners at their coffee morning.
We were greeted by the Reverend Paul Paynton, who gave us a guided tour of the church. It was built in 1904. Canon Walter Wanstall of St Swithin’s Church, Free School Lane, felt it was too far for parishioners to come to St Swithin’s from Monks Road.
A mission hall was built first, and then the church, funded by Alfred Shuttleworth, Lincoln industrialist, and consecrated by Bishop Edward King, whose image is depicted in the east window.
A mission hall was built first, and then the church, funded by Alfred Shuttleworth, Lincoln industrialist, and consecrated by Bishop Edward King, whose image is depicted in the east window.
Money was spent on the inside of the church, hence its stark exterior. The church was part of the Anglo-Catholic movement, and has retained its roots. There is an ornate reredos, and beautiful rood screen. The altar stone in the Lady Chapel in the south aisle came from Bardney Abbey. The Willis organ is above the chapel; the only other one in Lincoln being in the Cathedral. The wooden Bishop’s throne still sits on the north side of the chancel, and there is a statue of St Hugh and his swan in the north aisle.
Reverend Paynton told us that at the time the TV programme The Forsyte Saga was showing on Sunday nights, evensong had to be moved back to accommodate the congregation.
The church holds mass every Sunday, and services on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as offering light lunches, and coffee mornings on other days. All Saints seems to be very much a thriving part of the community of Monks Road.
You will receive a warm and friendly welcome when you visit, and you will truly be amazed by the glorious interior.
Words: JM
Photos: PS & JM
You will receive a warm and friendly welcome when you visit, and you will truly be amazed by the glorious interior.
Words: JM
Photos: PS & JM
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