St Mary's Church, Woolton
| St Mary's Church, Woolton | |
|---|---|
  St Mary's Church, Woolton Location in Merseyside | |
| Coordinates: 53°22′30″N 2°52′13″W / 53.3751°N 2.8704°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 422 868 |
| Location | Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | St Mary's, Woolton |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 19 June 1985 |
| Architect(s) | R. W. Hughes |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1859 |
| Completed | 1860 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
St Mary's Church is in Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Pastoral Area of Woolton and Halewood, and the Archdiocese of Liverpool[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
History
The church was built in 1859–60, and designed by R. W. Hughes, an architect from Preston.[3] It was opened on 28 October 1860. The church was re-decorated in 1981–82, and the font was moved to the front of the church.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Mary's is constructed in red sandstone and has a slate roof. It is orientated with the ritual east facing the northwest.[lower-alpha 1] The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a north porch but without aisles, large north and south transepts, a chancel with north and south chapels and sacristies. There is no tower. At the west end are diagonal buttresses, an entrance, and pointed windows containing Geometric tracery.[2][3] The windows along the sides of the nave have two lights. In the south transept is a four-light window, and the north transept contains two two-light windows with a rose window above. In the chapel is a five-light window flanked by diagonal buttresses. The chapels are gabled with two-light windows. The south sacristy has one and two lights, with a rose window in the gable.[2]
Interior
Inside the church, the high altar and reredos date from 1865, and were probably designed by E. W. Pugin. They were separated in 1948–50 by Weightman and Bullen, who placed the reredos against the east wall. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1878, and is a typical design by the Belgian stained glass painter Jean-Baptiste Capronnier.[3] The two-manual pipe organ was built by Franklin Lloyd in 1895, and is situated in a gallery on the north wall of the church at the west end.[5]
Associated buildings
Presbytery
The presbytery was built in 1864, and designed by E. W. Pugin. It is constructed in stone, and has a slate roof. The presbytery has two storeys and a front of three bays, the outer bays projecting under gables. In the centre bay is a gablet, and the third bay contains a single-storey canted bay window. The presbytery is connected on the left by a single-storey corridor with a central gabled entrance and a ridge dormer. It is designated as a Grade II listed building.[3][6]
School
The school was built in 1869, with its entrance in Mount Street. It is constructed in red sandstone with a slate roof. The school is in two storeys and has a nine-bay front, the central bay projecting forward under a gable. The windows in the ground floor have three lights under ogee heads; those in the upper floor have two lights under cusped heads. In the gable of the projecting wing is a rose window. The school is also listed at Grade II.[3][7]
See also
References and notes
Notes
- ↑ In the description of the church, the ritual orientation is used.
Citations
- ↑ Woolton and Halewood, Archdiocese of Liverpool, retrieved 22 October 2013
- 1 2 3 Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary, Liverpool (1280345)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 October 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 507–508, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ↑ A Short History of Saint Mary’s Woolton, St Mary's, Woolton, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ↑ Lancashire Woolton, St. Mary, Church Road (N00175), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ↑ Historic England, "Presbytery of St. Mary's Church, Liverpool (1356302)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ↑ Historic England, "Much Woolton Roman Catholic School, Liverpool (1208470)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 October 2013