All Saints' Church, Oakleigh Park Explained

All Saints' Church is a Church of England church in Oakleigh Road North, Oakleigh Park, London. The church is sometimes referred to as All Saints' Friern Barnet.[1] It is a grade II listed building.[2]

Construction

The construction of the church was paid for by local land-owner John Miles who also donated the land on which it stands. He also provided the parish hall and the vicarage in Myddleton Park.[3]

Architecture

The church was built in around 1883 to an Early English Gothic Revival design by the architect Joseph Clarke. The body of the church consists of a nave with north and south aisles and an apsidal chancel, and there is a tower with a spire at the north-west corner. The building is faced in flint with ashlar dressings.[2] The interior has murals by Thomas Gambier Parry.[2]

War memorials

Inside the church are a number of plaques to the dead of the world wars. Inside the porch is a Roll of Honour to the dead of the First World War. Outside, on the corner of Oakleigh Road North and Myddelton Park road, is a memorial to the dead of both wars, known as the All Saints Church Parishioners war memorial, whose names are inscribed inside the church.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.allsaints.uk.com/ All Saints' Friern Barnet.
  2. https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064881 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS.
  3. Heathfield, John & David Berguer. (2016) Whetstone Revealed. London: Chaville Press. p. 165.
  4. Web site: All Saints Church Parishioners.