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Latitude: 53.3987 / 53°23'55"N
Longitude: -2.9732 / 2°58'23"W
OS Eastings: 335386
OS Northings: 389543
OS Grid: SJ353895
Mapcode National: GBR 76R.VM
Mapcode Global: WH877.9TFT
Plus Code: 9C5V92XG+FP
Entry Name: The Oratory
Listing Date: 28 June 1952
Last Amended: 19 June 1985
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1063282
English Heritage Legacy ID: 359643
Also known as: The Oratory, Liverpool
ID on this website: 101063282
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, L1
County: Liverpool
Electoral Ward/Division: Riverside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Liverpool
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: St Luke in the City Team
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Church building
SJ 3589 NW UPPER DUKE STREET
L1
56/1263 The Oratory
(formerly listed
as Former
28.6.52 Mortuary Chapel)
G.V. I
Former mortuary chapel to St. James Cemetery, above which
it stands on a steep rocky eminence. 1829.By John Foster in
the form of a miniature Greek Doric temple, amphiprostyle,
with hexastyle porticos on stylobate. Stone tiled roof with
flat skylight and antefixae. Entrance with moulded
architrave and panelled double doors, rectangular fanlight,
and glazing bars. Good interior with peristyle of Ionic
columns and central skylight. Good assembly of early C19
monuments, some by J. Gibson and Sir G. Chantrey. Statue of
Huskisson by J. Gibson taken from Customs House,South
Castle Street or Canning Place. One of the purest monuments
of the Great Revival in England.Restored in 1981 and now used
as a sculpture gallery.
Listing NGR: SJ3538589544
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