All Saints Church, Wellington (Shropshire)
1788 'Account of the New Church at Wellington.
Sixteen exceeding neat cast-iron pillars support the gallery, &c. the weight of each pillar 600 weight.-.... -14 pillars, 1300 weight each, to support the roof, which will be on in a few days. The windows are modern, the cases of the lower ones weighing 100 weight, 1/4 each; these in the gallery are arched, and weigh 300 weight 1/2 each ; the east window over the altar is 15 feet high; and the whole building both for neatness on the outside, and strength in the inside work, does very great honour to Messrs. Bishop and Madeley. The window-cases and pillars were cast by the Coalbrook-Dale Company'[1]
The present building was erected in 1789/1790, replacing a medieval building which was damaged during the Civil War both by Cromwell's men and Royalists. The architect responsible for the design was George Steuart (c.1730-1806). The interior has been altered on a number of occasions. In 1898/99 extensive restoration and embellishment work was undertaken, which included encasing the cast-iron columns in scaglioia, and replacing the filigreed cast-iron gallery fronts with more substantial balustrades.[2]