Church of St Dunstan

CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN, EARLE ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1068261
Date first listed:
14-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:
Church of St Dunstan
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN, EARLE ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1068261
Date first listed:
14-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:
Church of St Dunstan
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN, EARLE ROAD

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN, EARLE ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Liverpool (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SJ 37355 89529

Details

SJ 38 NE EARLE ROAD L7

7/409 Church of St Dunstan 14.3.75 - II*

Church. 1886-9. Aldridge and Deacon. Red brick with slate roof. 5-bay nave with aisles and baptistry under lean-to roofs, 2-bay chancel with north chapel and south organ-loft in transept. Fleche at west end of nave has 2-light traceried bell-openings and copper-clad spire. West end has baptistry with 1:3:1 lancets and parapet. North porch has pointed entrance with roll moulded arch and flanking buttresses; diapered gable has niche with figure of St. Dunstan. South porch has south entrance. West window of 5 stepped lancets under pointed relieving arch, the tympanum with Christ and symbols of the Evangelists flanking octagonal turrets with pyramidal roofs with lucarnes. Aisles have 3 stepped lancets per bay, the clerestory has 2 lancets. Chancel has 3 stepped lancets. Interior: Brick, 5- bay nave arcades on stone piers, frieze over. 3 arches to baptistry. Arch-braced king-post roof, western trusses more elaborate. Stepped chancel arch, no capitals. Iron screen and frieze with angels'heads; wagon roof. Wall memorial brasses in aisles and good C19 glass, particularly west window. A severe but handsome design.

Listing NGR: SJ3735589529

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
214048
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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