Description

SJ 3592 HEYWORTH STREET L5

19/592 Church of St. George (formerly listed as Everton Parish Church of 12.7.66 St. George).

G.V. I

Church. 1812-14. Thomas Rickman with John Cragg. Ashlar, in Perpendicular style. West tower, nave and short chancel. Flanking low porches to tower and chancel. Tower has diagonal buttresses; single pointed arched door, 3-light window above. 3-faced clock and 3-light bell openings part glazed and part louvred. All windows have cast iron tracery. Open traceried battlemented parapet with pinnacles at angles. Flanking porches have 2-light window; entrances to north and south have carved spandrels and label moulds. Nave of 7 bays with buttresses and tall 3-light windows. Shallow chancel with 6-light window. Low battlemented side bays; S entrance. Interior: Nave has arcades of cast iron with traceried spandrels. Aisles have galleries with traceried panelled fronts. Cast iron traceried roof on iron columns and arch braces to nave and galleries. Tie rods across width of church. C19 stained glass to E window and W end of balconies, by Shrigley and Hunt of Lancaster. The cast iron structure is an important early example, the result of the encouragement of John Cragg, owner of the Mersey Iron Foundry.

Listing NGR: SJ3554592490

External Links

• St George's Church, Everton at Wikipedia
• St George's Church, Everton official website
• Wikidata Q7593134

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)