All Saints Church, Porthcawl

All Saints Church, Porthcawl is a Listed Anglican church in the seaside resort of Porthcawl, South Wales. It is a daughter church of St John's in Newton, despite being considerably larger in size.

All Saints, Porthcawl
51.4795°N 3.7058°W / 51.4795; -3.7058
Denomination	Anglican
History
Status	Active
Founded	1866
Architecture
Functional status	Daughter Church
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	27 February 1992
Architect(s)	G.E. Halliday
Groundbreaking	1912
Completed	1914
Construction cost	£9750
Administration
Diocese	Llandaff
Deanery	Margam
Parish	Newton-Nottage

St John's, founded in the 1180s, proved sufficient for many years to handle the numbers of worshippers. Only after Porthcawl acquired a new harbour in the mid 19th Century did the population (and thus number of worshippers) begin to prove beyond the capacity of St John's.[1]

The first All Saints was set up beside the harbour in 1866. This had a dual purpose as a school (the street is still called 'Old School Road'). It was replaced by a large tin tabernacle in 1892 (or 1899), which stood on the site of the present church, which replaced it in 1914. The church's original designs of 1909 envisaged a south-east tower, though this was not built and the gap is now bricked off.[2] The church was later extended to the north-east in the 1960s, when a vestry and lady chapel were added. Listed status was granted in 1992.[3]

The church's east window, installed in 1927, is the work of Karl Parsons.[4]