Description

SJ 3989 CHURCH ROAD
L15

31/283 Church of
28.6.52 Holy Trinity

G.V. II*

Church. Nave and west tower, 1794, J. Hope. Chancel, 1911,
Sir C. Reilly. Stone with slate roof. 5-bay nave. Band over
ground floor, top cornice and parapet with balustrading over
windows. Windows on 2 levels, those to ground floor level
are segmental-headed, those to upper level are round-headed.
Small-paned fixed glazing. West tower has large obelisk -
form buttresses in concrete (probably 1911). West entrance
now window, with round window above. Panels with swags and
diamond-face clock. Truncated spire. Low porch to north.
East end extension similar to rest of Church, has north and
south entrances with windows above with architrave, frieze
and cornice and lattice-pattern glazing. East end has bowed
bay with 3 round-headed windows, and low flanking bays.
Interior has west gallery on quatrefoil iron columns. Stucco
snags below upper windows (originally galleries to sides).
Flat ceiling with central rose. Tower has baptistry with
saucer dome and shallow font on round base. Chancel flanked
by internal porches with flat pilasters becoming antae above
porches. Entrances have pediments and panels supporting urns
with organ pipes behind. Apse has panelled pilasters and
lattice-pattern vault. Early C19 choir stalls, pulpit and
lectern. An unusual and powerful expression of Reilly's
idiosyncratic style.

Listing NGR: SJ3920889020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree at Wikipedia
• Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree official website
• Wikidata Q12072583

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)