Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ28NE CHURCH ROAD, Tranmere
789-1/3/278 (West side)
28/03/74 Church of St Catherine

GV II

Parish church. 1831, enlarged and altered 1875-6 by J.Francis
Doyle, and tower and spire added 1879. Original build of
brick, extended in rock face red sandstone, with Welsh slate
roof. Original nave of 5 bays, with 4 windows and doors in
western bay to north and south. One northern window now cut by
inserted doorway. 2-light Decorated windows. 3-light Decorated
west window in projecting square bay with quatrefoil over.
Transepts and chancel form later additions, but with similarly
styled fenestration. North-east tower and spire: 2-stage tower
with high first stage with clasping buttresses and chamfered
and moulded arched door to north. Foiled blind lancet over,
then bell-chamber light with louvres. Stair turret in angle
with chancel. Corbel table, embattled parapet and brooch spire
with lucarnes. 5-light Decorated east window. Interior:
aisleless nave of four-and-a-half bays with shallow hammerbeam
roof of 1875-6. Western bay partially blocked by inserted
hall. Moulded stone arches to transepts carried on short
shafts. Scissor braced roofs, mostly renewed. Shafts with
stiff-leaf capitals to chancel arch, and angel-head stops to
hood mould. Integral stone pulpit, and contemporary octagonal
font, both with marble shafts and stiff-leaf. Wrought-iron
communion rails. Stained glass: simple fruits and flowers in
transept windows, undated. Lamb of God and saints in east
window, 1869.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SJ3187287487

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580263

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)