All Saints' Church

 Grade I Listed (UK), anglican church

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Simon de Senlis - who had arrived with William the Conqueror, and became became Earl of Northampton - built the church known as All Hallows, and it lasted with medieval alterations until disaster struck the town on 20th September 1675.

After the fire, despite the town's support for the Parliamentarians, Charles II gave a thousand tons of timber for the rebuilding of All Hallows Church, and one tenth of the money collected for the rebuilding of the town was allocated to the rebuilding of All Hallows. The architect, Henry Bell, at the time was resident in Northampton, and he rebuilt the church in a manner similar to Sir Christopher Wren's designs for St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

The central medieval tower and crypt survived the fire and the new church of All Saints was built east of the tower in an almost square plan, with a chancel to the east, and a north and south narthex flanking the tower.

The rebuilt church of All Saints, Northampton, was consecrated and opened in 1680. In 1701 a large portico was added to the west end, in front of the narthex. As a memorial of Charles II's contribution to its rebuilding, a statue of him can be seen above the portico, dressed in a Roman tunic.

www.allsaintsnorthampton.co.uk/