All Saints' Church, Maidenhead

All Saints’ Church stands on Boyne Hill in Maidenhead, a Grade I listed Church of England parish church built in the 1850s. Its stone walls and steep roofs rise above a sloping churchyard lined with yew and lime. The complex includes the Old Vicarage, a former school and two clergy houses, with an almshouse at the south-west corner. Inside, the building shows the hand of G. E. Street, one of the period’s leading architects. The church was founded in the Anglo-Catholic tradition and its first priest was William Gresley, a noted high churchman. The church is recognised in art history for its Victorian mastery of colour and detail. Architectural historian James Stevens Curl listed it in 2007 among five British buildings where that mastery can still be felt. Its pipe organ, built by J. W. Walker & Sons in 1879, remains a centrepiece of the interior. The font cover, donated by the family of William Bissley, recalls his death at the Somme in 1916. In 1915, Sergeant-Major Grace McDougall became the first bride to marry here in khaki. Visitors enter through a west door beneath a tall bellcote and find a single broad nave lit by lancet windows. The chancel arches frame richly coloured brick and stonework. The organ case and font cover add further layers of craftsmanship. Outside, the churchyard offers views across Maidenhead and the Thames valley. The surrounding houses and almshouse keep the setting domestic rather than monumental.