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'''All Saints Church''' is a church in [[Bulandshahr]], India. It was constructed by the [[Central Public Works Department#History|Public Works Department]] and completed in 1864. An adjacent dispensary, which later became a school, was added in 1867 and the caretaker's lodge was erected in 1883.

The structure was funded by local subscriptions and subsidised by the [[British Raj|British Government]], who contributed half the cost. The money was raised under the supervision of the [[District magistrate|district magistrate and collector]] of [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]], [[William Lowe (civil servant)|William Lowe]]. He died in 1862 and was buried in the [[chancel]].

==Location==
All Saints Church is a church in [[Bulandshahr]], India, located to the far west of the [[Bulandshahr railway station|town's railway station]].<ref name=Cal1884>{{Cite book |last=Growse|first=F. S.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiFEUGjnpdEC&pg=PA153 |title=Calcutta Review |date=1884 |publisher=Calcutta University Press |pages=153 |chapter=8. Rebuilding of Bulandshahr|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
At the turn of the 20th century Bulandshahr had a [[Church Missionary Society in India|Church of England station]] and it was home to around 51 Europeans and Eurasians, of which 30 were [[Church of England]].<ref name=Sharma>{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Raj Bahadur |title=History of Christian Missions: North India Perspective |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-083-3 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbVp03Zr8CIC&pg=PA87 |language=en}}</ref>

The church was constructed by the [[Central Public Works Department#History|Public Works Department]], and the contractor was Mr. Mitchell.<ref name=TAR>{{cite book |title=The Architectural Review |date=July 1982 |publisher=The Architectural Press|location=London |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrhUAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Sketches1884>{{cite book |last1=Growse |first1=F. S. |title=Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural |date=1884 |publisher=Medical Hall Press |location=Benares |url=https://archive.org/details/bulandshahrorsk00growgoog/page/n142/mode/2up?q=church|language=English|pages=79–80}}</ref> It was completed in 1864 at a cost of {{INRConvert|5700|year=1864}}, raised by subscriptions led by [[District magistrate|district magistrate and collector]] of [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]], [[William Lowe (civil servant)|William Lowe]], and subsidised by the [[British Raj|British Government]], who contributed half the cost.<ref name=Sketches1884/> A dispensary was constructed alongside the church in 1867 and was later converted to a school.<ref name=Sharma/><ref name=Atkinson1876>{{cite book |last1=Atkinson |first1=Edwin Thomas |title=Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India|date=1876 |publisher=North-Western Provinces Government |pages=127–129 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9jaXsOc-tEC&pg=PA127 |volume=III part 2|chapter=Gazetteer of the Bulandshahr District|language=en}}</ref> A caretaker's lodge was added in 1883.<ref name=Sketches1884/>

==Architecture==
===Exterior===
The building has a [[gable roof]], with small [[buttresses]] and pointed window and door arches.<ref name=Cal1884/>
<gallery>
File:All Saints Church School, Bulandshahr.jpg|Frontage
File:Exterior, All Saints Church, Bulandshahr.jpg|Exterior
File:All Saints Church, Bulandshahr1.jpg|Exterior
File:All Saints Church, Bulandshahr3.jpg|Exterior (close-up)
</gallery>

===Interior===
The interior consists of two rooms: the [[nave]] and [[chancel]].<ref name=Cal1884/> Lowe, who died in 1862, is buried in the chancel.<ref name=Cal1884/><ref name=Sketches1884/>

<gallery>
File:Interior, All Saints Church, Bulandshahr.jpg|Interior
File:Alter, All Saints Church, Bulandshahr.jpg|Interior
File:William Henry Lowe (d.1862) grave.jpg|Lowe grave in the chancel
File:William Henry Lowe memorial plaque.jpg|Lowe memorial plaque
File:All Saints Church, Bulandshahr (Reverends plaque).jpg|List of reverends
</gallery>

==Response==
[[Frederic Growse]], a later collector of Bulandshahr, described the church as "a pretty little building", but its associated lodge as "a practical joke".<ref name=Sketches1884/> In his opinion the roof of the church was "grotesque" and the lodge was not large enough for any person to live in.<ref name=Cal1884/>

==See also==
*[[George Welstead Colledge]]
*[[George Freeling]]
*[[Frederick Pollen]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:1864 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1864]]

All Saints Church, Bulandshahr - Revision history

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