All Saints' Church, Oakleigh Park

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]

All Saints' Church from the east.
All Saints' Church from the west.

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]

  • Stained glass.
  • The First World War Roll of Honour inside the porch.
  • All Saints Church Parishioners war memorial.

References
  1. All Saints' Friern Barnet. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS. Historic England. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. Heathfield, John & David Berguer. (2016) Whetstone Revealed. London: Chaville Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780993006333
  4. http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/48206

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