Description of the Nave of
All Saints' Church
St Andrews
The church is entered at the north aisle of the nave. Passing round the back of the seats, you will find hanging above you a model ship which was presented by Dr Dorothea Walpole in 1954 in memory of her brother Hugh Walpole, the novelist. The model had been kept by him in his study. A watercolour painting at present in the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery shows Hugh Walpole's study with the ship in place. It appears to be an early eighteenth-century Dutch man-of-war, though it is not an accurate scale model and it is impossible to identify as a particular ship.
Facing towards the altar, the carving of the Virgin and Child set into a pillar is the work of Hew Lorimer, artist and architect, who lived at Kellie Castle in Fife. This carving is a memorial to Mrs Younger, who completed and endowed the church. The hanging rood by Nathaniel Hitch (1924) is a memorial to members of the Hull family, whose initials appear on the back: the Rev (RAH) and Mrs Hull (EMH) and their three daughters Phyllis (PMH) who died as a schoolgirl, Mrs Todd (EDT) and Mrs Dalmahoy (VCD), and their son-in-law Mr Dalmahoy (IFCD). Rev and Mrs Hull also presented to the church a gold chalice with pearls from Phyllis' necklace incorporated into its design. The pulpit was made by Scott Morton & Tynecastle of Edinburgh. The screen walls dividing the nave from the chancel are of red Italian marble, and the gates are also Italian.