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{{Infobox church | name = Old All Saints Church,<br />Skelton-in-Cleveland| fullname = | image = Old All Saints Skelton-in-Cleveland.jpg | imagesize = | imagealt = A plain stone church seen through a churchyard with a battlemented tower | caption = Old All Saints Church and graveyard, Skelton-in-Cleveland | pushpin map = North Yorkshire| pushpin map alt = | pushpin mapsize = 250 | map caption = Location in North Yorkshire| location = [[Skelton-in-Cleveland]], [[North Yorkshire]] | country = England  | coordinates = {{coord|54.5623|-0.9925|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} | osgridref = {{oscoor|NZ652190|NZ 652 190}} | denomination = [[Anglican]]  | churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = [https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/all-saints-skelton-in-cleveland.html Churches Conservation Trust] | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = All Saints| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = | functional status = [[redundant church|Redundant]]| heritage designation = Grade II*| designated date = 25 May 1966 | architect = | architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]| style = | groundbreaking = | completed date = 1785 | construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area =  | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = [[Sandstone]],<br />[[Lake District|Lakeland]] [[slate]] roofs }}
'''Old All Saints Church''' is a [[redundant church|redundant]] [[Anglican]] church in the town of [[Skelton-in-Cleveland]], [[North Yorkshire]], England.  It is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II* [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]],<ref name=hg>{{NHLE |num= 1263246|desc= Old Church of All Saints, Skelton and Brotton|access-date= 31 August 2013|mode=cs2}}</ref> and is in the care of the [[Churches Conservation Trust]].<ref name=cct>{{Citation | url = https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/all-saints-skelton-in-cleveland.html| title = All Saints' Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire| access-date = 18 October 2016| publisher = [[Churches Conservation Trust]]}}</ref>
==History==
The church was rebuilt on a site near [[Skelton Castle]] in 1785 by [[John Hall-Stevenson]].  It replaced an older church on the same site that had been built by the Fauconberg family in the 14th&nbsp;century.  Part of the fabric of the older church was incorporated into this church; this consists of part of the north wall of the [[chancel]], supported by a [[buttress]].  This, on its interior, includes memorials to the Trotter family of the castle.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/Skelton1773_1785.html | title =  1773–1785| access-date = 12 September 2010| publisher = Skelton-in-Cleveland in History}}</ref>  In 1859 a [[baptismal font|font]] in [[Caen stone]] was given to the church.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/Skelton1857_1865.html | title =  1857–1865| access-date = 12 September 2010| publisher = Skelton-in-Cleveland in History}}</ref>  In 1884 a new church, also [[Dedication (ritual)|dedicated]] to All Saints, was opened in High Street.  The font and one of the bells were moved to the new church.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/Skelton1883_1885.html | title =  1883–1885| access-date = 12 September 2010| publisher = Skelton-in-Cleveland in History}}</ref>  The roofs of the church were repaired and re-slated in 1911.<ref name=vch>{{citation |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64681#s4 |title= Parishes: Skelton |access-date= 13 September 2010|editor1-last= Page |editor1-first= William |work= A History of the County of York North Riding |volume = 2|year=1923 |series = [[Victoria County History]] |publisher= University of London & History of Parliament Trust |pages= 405–410}}</ref> The old church was [[vesting|vested]] in the Trust on 1&nbsp;December 1996.<ref>{{Citation | year = 2010| title = Diocese of York: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics| publisher = [[Church of England]]| page = 6| format = PDF | url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811221/york%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| access-date =3 April 2011}}</ref>
==Architecture==
===Exterior===
The church is constructed in [[sandstone]].  It has [[Lake District|Lakeland]] [[slate]] roofs, with a stone ridge and [[Coping (architecture)|copings]] to the [[gable]]s.  Its plan consists of a three-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] [[nave]] with a north [[transept]] and north-west [[vestry]], a [[chancel]], and a west tower.<ref name=hg/>  The nave measures {{convert|61|ft|6|in|m|2}} by {{convert|25|ft|6|in|m|2}}, the chancel {{convert|26|ft|9|in|m|2}} by {{convert|18|ft|6|in|m|2}}, the transept {{convert|16|ft|m|2}} by {{convert|9|ft|6|in|m|2}}, and the interior of the tower is {{convert|9|ft|m|2}} square.<ref name=vch/>  The tower has three stages; in the bottom stage is a round-headed south doorway, in the middle stage is a west window with a pointed head, and in the top stage are round-headed bell openings.  The summit has a [[battlement]]ed [[parapet]].  In the north and west walls of the church are square windows, and in the south wall is a [[sundial]].  The transept has round-headed [[sash window]]s, and at the east end is a [[Palladian architecture#Venetian and Palladian windows|Venetian window]].  In the chancel is a round-headed priest's door and another round-headed window.<ref name=hg/>
===Interior===
The interior of the church is [[Plasterwork|plastered]].  There is a [[panelling|panelled]] west gallery carried on four thin [[Fluting (architecture)|fluted]] wooden columns containing raked seating.  There is a three-decker [[pulpit]] with a [[sounding board|tester]], and panelled [[box pew]]s.  The transept was used as a family pew and contains box pews and a fireplace.  On the north wall of the chancel are memorials dating from the 17th and 18th&nbsp;centuries.  Also on the chancel walls and arch are painted boards containing the [[Ten Commandments]] and biblical texts.  Elsewhere in the church are three [[Middle Ages|medieval]] stone coffins and a carved coffin lid.<ref name=hg/>
==See also==
{{portal|Yorkshire}}
*[[List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England]]
==References==
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[[Category:Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1785]]
[[Category:18th-century Church of England church buildings]]
[[Category:Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust]]
[[Category:Redcar and Cleveland|Old All Saints Church]]