Church of St Oswald
Church of St Oswald, Bidston Village Road, Bidston
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1201549
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1950
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Oswald, Bidston Village Road, Bidston
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2006-07-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/13862/01
- Rights:
- © Dr Geoffrey Court. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1201549
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1950
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Oswald, Bidston Village Road, Bidston
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Oswald, Bidston Village Road, Bidston
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wirral (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 28347 90252
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17/07/2014
SJ 2890
789-1/6/172
BIRKENHEAD
Bidston
Bidston Village Road (east side)
Church of St Oswald
(Formerly listed under HOYLAKE ROAD)
29/07/50
GV
II
Parish Church. Largely 1856 by W. and J. Hay but incorporating late medieval tower and with chancel and possibly north aisle added or remodelled in 1882 by G.E.Grayson. Coursed and squared rubble in large blocks, but randomly coursed in north aisle and chancel. Westmorland slate roof with ridge cresting. Nave with west tower, two aisles and chancel. Early C16 three-stage west tower with angle buttresses.
Perpendicular stilted moulded arch to west door with drop ended hood-mould over. Frieze of quatrefoil panels and coats of arms over doorway. Three-light window above with ogival hoodmould continuing as string course. Three-light bell-chamber window in third stage. Embattled parapet with corbel table. North aisle has two-light Decorated window in west wall, and two in north wall. Gabled vestry wing dated 1903 projects, possibly incorporating earlier fabric in its west wall. Paired lancet lights in north wall of short chancel, and three-light Decorated window with hood mould carried on corbel heads to the east. Small foiled lancet in south wall, and parapet with frieze dated 1882. Gabled porch in south aisle, with chamfered archway. Dated 1593 with date of rebuilding, 1856. Stilted arches to two-light Decorated windows and small side door with hoodmould over.
Interior space has been divided by a new screen leaving exposed a nave of three bays. Cylindrical shafts to steeply arched arcade. Nave roof with shallow curved principal trusses with collar. Chancel arch carried on corbels. Sedilia in chancel dated 1882: foiled arches on foiliate corbels. Reredos by Salviati, mosaic Last Supper with wood canopy frieze over. Painted roof with angel corbels over choir, the rest boarded. North aisle has two-light Decorated window in west wall, and two in north wall.
Listing NGR: SJ2834790252
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 389234
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Hubbard, E, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (1971)
Legal
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 01:42:12.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.