Description

CROSBY

SD3101 BACK LANE, Little Crosby
778-1/4/165 Church of St Mary

GV II

Roman Catholic church. 1845-7, by Weightman & Hadfield.
Coursed sandstone rubble, slate roofs.
STYLE: simple Decorated.
PLAN: nave with west steeple, north and south aisles, chancel
with transeptal chapel on south side and attached offices on
north side.
EXTERIOR: the steeple, a square 3-stage tower with a broach
spire, has angle-buttresses terminating at the 3rd stage, a
traceried 3-light west window to the 2nd stage and small
traceried 2-light windows to the 3rd stage (all these windows
with hoodmoulds), and the spire has gableted 2-light lucarnes
between the broaches, with stone louvres. The full-height
4-bay aisles with buttresses have traceried 2-light windows,
and in the 1st bay of the north aisle is a gabled porch which
has a 2-centred arched doorway with a double-chamfered head
and a hoodmould, a niche with a statue, and gable coping with
an apex cross. Attached to the south side of the chancel are 2
unequal gabled side offices, both with small 1- and 2-light
windows and the larger to the right with a gable chimney.
INTERIOR: 4-bay aisle arcades of octagonal columns with
moulded caps carrying 2-centred arches with 2 orders of
moulding; 2-centred tower arch containing gallery; wagon roof
painted with the litany of Our Lady; double-chamfered chancel
arch with semi-circular responds; chancel with sedilia and
piscina, recumbent effigy of William Blundell (d.1854), and
2-bay south arcade of double-chamfered arches on cylindrical
column with foliated cap, opening into Blundell memorial
chapel painted with scenes from family history.
Forms group with associated presbytery and convent (qv).

Listing NGR: SD3195601712

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Church, Little Crosby at Wikipedia
• St Mary's Church, Little Crosby official website
• Wikidata Q18392726

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