Church of All Saints Far Gosford Road Coventry Warwickshire

Two new churches, costing together about £7,000, and dedicated respectively to St. Mark and All Saints, were consecrated at Coventry, on Tuesday, by the Bishop of Worcester. They are built from designs furnished by Messrs. Paull and Robinson, Manchester, diocesan architects; the builder being Mr. Loveatt, of Wolverhampton. The style is a blending of Early English and Gothic. There is a well‑developed chancel, and on either side there are aisles. The floors are paved with ornamental encaustic tiles, and the seats are open reclining backs. [Building News 15 January 1869 page 56]

COVENTRY - The chief stones of two churches have been laid here on the same day, with masonic ceremonial. The edifices are to be similar, and to accommodate the same number of persons at the same cost. The architects for both are Messrs. H. J, Paull and G. T. Robinson, and the contractor for both is Mr. H. Lovatt, of Wolverhampton. The one is to be called All Saints, and the other St. Mark’s. The total length of each is about 110 feet, and their internal breadth about 46 feet, and each will accommodate 646 persons. Both are in the Geometrical Early Decorated style, and built with the local stone, Having their internal dressings of Bath stone. They consist of nave, aisles, and chancel, each about 32 ft. long and 20 ft. wide. Here, however, the similarity ceases, for the one in Far Gosford-street, which is All Saints’, has gabled aisles, each pierced with a simple single-light window, separated by complex buttress, and surmounted by a simple clearstory. The south side has a porch, crowned by a bell gablet; and the west end consists of a complex doorway, having It large rose-window over it. The other church, opposite the new hospital, that is, St. Mark’s, has a more advantageous site. This church has aisles divided into bays, by large buttresses, pierced by two-light traceried windows. Both are extremely simple, as the object has been to obtain the largest amount of accommodation of the best kind, without entrenching too far on the extremely limited funds of the committee. [Builder 20 June 1868 page 457]

Foundation Stone laid 5 May 1868 by Rt Hon Lord Leigh, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, Consecration - Tuesday 12 January 1869

Early English style built of red sandstone and comprising aisled and clerestory nave, chancel with organ chamber and north chapel, south-west bell-cote. Church closed in the 1960's and demolished.

Reference        Builder 20 June 1868 page 457]
Reference        Building News 15 January 1869 page 56 - consecration
Reference        Coventry Standard 26-17 April 1918 page 2 – jubilee
Reference        British Almanac 1870 page 154