St Mary's Church, Grassendale

St Mary's Church is in St. Mary's Road, Grassendale, a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

St Mary's Church, Grassendale
St Mary's Church, Grassendale, from the north
St Mary's Church, Grassendale
Location in Merseyside
OS grid referenceSJ 395 851
LocationAigburth Road, Grassendale, Liverpool, Merseyside
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Mary, Grassingdale
History
StatusParish church
ConsecratedJuly 1854
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated14 March 1975
Architect(s)A. H. Holme
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1852
Completed1853
Specifications
MaterialsStone, slate roof
Administration
ParishGrassendale
DeaneryLiverpool South Childwall
ArchdeaconryLiverpool
DioceseLiverpool
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Paul Ellis

History

The church was built in 1852–53 to serve the residents of the newly created private estates of Grassendale Park and Cressington Park. It was designed by A. H. Holme.[3] The foundation stone was laid on 2 September 1852, and the church was consecrated in July 1854 by the Bishop of Chester. It was designed to provide seating for 700 people.[4]

Architecture

Exterior

St Mary's is constructed in stone, and has a roof of hexagonal slates.[2] Its architectural style is Decorated.[3] The plan consists of a broad nave without aisles, wide north and south transepts, a short chancel with a canted apse, a southeast vestry, and a northwest tower with a broach spire.[2][3] The windows along the sides of the nave have two lights, and at the west end is a three-light window flanked by two-light windows. The transepts have diagonal buttresses, three-light windows to the north and south, and two-light windows on the east and west sides. The central window in the chancel has three lights, and the flanking windows have two lights. The windows contain Geometric tracery. The tower has diagonal buttresses, and an entrance on the north side above which is a hood mould, its stops carved with heads. In the stage above are two-light windows and roundels with crocketed ogival hoods. In the top stage are two-light bell openings, and on the spire are two tiers of lucarnes and a weathervane.[2]

Interior

Inside the church, the laminated timber beams of the roof form a flying cross at the crossing. The stained glass includes three windows in the chancel of 1884 by Evans, and the west window of 1953 was designed by Joseph E. Nuttgens.[3] The two-manual pipe organ was built in 1903 by Norman and Beard.[5] When the church was built, it had a ring of six bells,[4] but these were rehung for chiming in 1938.[6]

See also

References
  1. St. Mary's Church, Grassendale, Liverpool, Church of England, retrieved 11 September 2013
  2. Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1073471)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 September 2013
  3. Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 380–381, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
  4. The Church of St Mary, Grassendale, Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks, retrieved 11 September 2013
  5. "NPOR N08575", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 30 June 2020
  6. Keltek Trust - Lost Rings spreadsheet, Keltek Trust, retrieved 22 October 2013
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