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All
Saints Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church located on
Putney Common, London.
All
Saints is one of the two churches in the Parish of Putney, the
other being St Mary's Church, Putney. The parish is within the
Wandsworth Deanery, the Kingston Episcopal Area and the Diocese
of Southwark.
The
church was built 1873-74 on land donated by Earl Spencer, and the
foundation stone was laid by HRH Princess Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein on 22 April 1873. The church was consecrated
by the Bishop of London on 25 April 1874.
The
building was designed by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
The windows are the most extensive glazing scheme by Morris &
Co. in any London church. Most of the cartoons (original
drawings) for the windows were created for buildings elsewhere
(seven were taken from designs drawn in 1874 for a church in
Calcutta). All but two windows are the work of Morris & Co.,
the majority being drawn by Burne-Jones, and six by Morris
himself. The windows pre-dating 1896 would have been designed
(i.e. colour of glass, painted detail) by William Morris.
It
survived an arson attack in January 1993. Police caught the
arsonist at two o'clock one morning moments after he ignited oil
in the boiler room. Following this there was a £1m
renovation programme that led to a new roof and major
alterations.
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