All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead - A George Edmund Street church and parochial buildings masterpiece

All Saints is an early grade I neo-gothic church built in 1857 by G E Street as a Tractarian church with the 150ft tower and spire added in 1865 and an extension by his son Arthur in 1910. Street was a contemporary of Pugin, Butterfield and Scott and is buried in Westminster Abbey, his most famous building being the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand. The church is of a collegiate style on one side of a grass quadrangle with the old vicarage, parish centre and church houses on the other three sides. It is built of red and black bricks with Bath stone.
Inside, the warm brick colours are maintained and expanded with the use of polychromatic horizontal lines in green, blue, red and yellow brick, tiles and marble in the chancel. Highly decorative.
You can see the font and pulpit by Thomas Earp, beautiful stained glass windows by John Hardman and William Wailes, as well as a 20th century window by Ninian Comper, elaborate choir stall carvings, mediaeval style stencilling, floor brasses, a wall painting by G E Street, and a connection to Inspector Morse.
Leaflets for you to look around at your own pace, guided tours, Power Point presentations, an organ recital and light refreshments will be available. Also possibly tower visits.

The churchyard contains graves designed by Street for his first wife and her father, the grave of a VC, the grandfather of Benjamin Britten and children of 3rd Baron Auckland, Bishop of Sodor and Man and chaplain to Willian IV and Queen Victoria.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:

0930-1630. Guided tour: 1500

Sunday 14 September:

1200-1630. Organ recital: 1430. Guided tour: 1500

Location & directions

Church Close, Boyn Hill Road, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4HE

Contact on day:

Ken Smith 07706126174

Telephone number:

+447706126174

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Level access via the main North door (under the tower); 2 steps via the South door (through the arch). 2 steps from the nave to the chancel. Parking in the road outside the church; the single yellow line does not apply on Saturdays and Sundays.

Additional information

Comprehensive self-guide leaflets available Nearby events open during Heritage Open Days -13th September St Mary's Church, Church Hill, White Waltham, SL6 3JH 14th September Taplow Court, Taplow, SL6 0ER

Max no of people per tour:

30

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s)

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