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Church of St Clement

A Grade II* Listed Building in Princes Park, Liverpool

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.397 / 53°23'49"N

Longitude: -2.9525 / 2°57'9"W

OS Eastings: 336759

OS Northings: 389329

OS Grid: SJ367893

Mapcode National: GBR 7CS.98

Mapcode Global: WH877.MW75

Plus Code: 9C5V92WW+QX

Entry Name: Church of St Clement

Listing Date: 14 March 1975

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1356284

English Heritage Legacy ID: 213723

Also known as: St Clements, Toxteth

ID on this website: 101356284

Location: Edge Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8

County: Liverpool

Electoral Ward/Division: Princes Park

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Liverpool

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Toxteth St Bede with St Clement

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

Description


SJ 38 NE BEAUMONT STREET L8

7/117 Church of St. Clement 14.3.75 - II*

Church. 1840-41. Stone with slate roof. 7-bay nave has lancets between buttresses and angle buttresses with gables; deep, bracketed eaves. Canted chancel apse with hipped roof and triple lancet window. West end has projecting centre with gabled angle buttresses and a steeper roof than the rest of the church. 3 stepped lancets under continuous hood. Octagonal bell turret has gabled openings with angle shafts and a short spire with finial. Enclosed porch has pointed entrance and gable with spherical triangle panel and gabled buttresses. Interior has galleries on 3 sides on iron Tuscan columns, organ at west end. Iron columns with arch braces support hammer beams of roof; trusses have much ogival cusping. Box pews, and 2-deck pulpit with iron balusters to steps. Chancel has plain arch with inscription. Altar rail has cusped openings. Pointed panels with commandments flank altar. Plaster vault with painted stars. A rare survival of an early Victorian church interior.

Listing NGR: SJ3675989329

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