Listed Buildings : Parish Church of All Saints, Gresford

Parish Church of All Saints, Gresford

The Parish Church of All Saints is located in a dominant position in the historic village of Gresford in a rectangular churchyard within the Conservation Area.

A church is recorded in the Domesday Book although it is unlikely to be the present church. Later records from 1254 and 1333 are however consistent with 13th and 14th Century work. The church was almost totally rebuilt in the 15th Century although earlier work survives. Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby donated glass to the church in 1500. A prominent figure, he was the second husband of Margaret Beaufort, Henry V11's mother. Leaded crypts recently excavated survive beneath the church.

The church is of uniform 15th Century build and design retaining some earlier features. It is of yellow Cefn sandstone with a slate roof, and rectangular plan with a western tower, north and south porches, unbroken aisled nave and chancel. The windows are generally Perpendicular. The interior has an uninterrupted camberbeam roof of fine quality and fine medieval furnishings.


An interior chancel screen is attributed to a Ludlow workshop and comparable with screens at Astbury, Hughley and Aymestry.

It is listed Grade I as an exceptional example of a late medieval church with fine medieval glass and furnishings. It has associated value with enclosed graves in the graveyard, the graveyard wall and gatepiers, Achill, Church House and Strode House, and All Saints School and Schoolroom.

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