Church of St Paul With St Luke
CHURCH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE, OLD CHESTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218587
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Paul With St Luke
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE, OLD CHESTER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218587
- Date first listed:
- 28-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Paul With St Luke
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE, OLD CHESTER ROAD
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE, OLD CHESTER ROAD
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 32524 86837
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26/10/2011
SJ38NW
789-1/4/280
28/03/74
BIRKENHEAD
OLD CHESTER ROAD, Tranmere
(West side)
Church of St Paul with St Luke
(Formerly listed as Church of St Paul)
GV
II
Parish church. 1854-5. By W. and J.Hay. Coursed and squared
red sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. Nave with transepts, and
chancel. Tower and spire to north of chancel. Massive tower
with heavy angle buttresses, one housing stair turret. Door
with shafts and hood mould over in north face. Second stage
has triple trefoiled windows in chamfered arcading with coping
over. Angles are heavy pinnacles to brooch spire with clock
and tall thin louvred lucarnes forming bell-chamber lights.
Nave has three 2-light Decorated windows to south and door
towards east, against the projecting vestry which halances the
tower to south of chancel. Massive west window of 5-lights.
Scar of porch over north doorway within added hall complex.
4-light Decorated window to transepts with 5 trefoiled lancets
below. 5-light Decorated east window, with crucifix as war
memorial below. Interior: aisleless nave of 3 bays defined by
pointed arched braced principal rafters carried on long wall
posts springing from corbels. Shallow transepts forming a
dramatically wide crossing, the roof trusses forming a
quadripartite vault over. Moulded and chamfered chancel arch.
Chancel screen dated 1910 and enriched 1922. By Hastwell
Grayson. Ogee traceried open-work panels in Perpendicular
style, and central enriched arch. Crucifix with figures of
Saints Mary and John on coved canopy over. Pulpit in similar
style erected when the screen was enriched, 1922. Elaborate
painted reredos, the original centre-piece of between 1883 and
1897 representing Christ in majesty, the hinged wings a later
addition (after 1907), with painted saints and angels. Marble
octagonal font with low relief angels at the cardinal points.
Stained glass: east window, angels and archangels. Figures of
saints in north and south chancel windows, and white glazed
ceramic low relief annunciation scene in lower part of south
window. Figures of bishops and St George in north transept
lower lights. Lower lights of south transept are scenes from
the life of Mary, 1920-1922. Upper window the life of St Paul,
1922.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-).
Listing NGR: SJ3252486837
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 389265
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Hubbard, E, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (1971)
Legal
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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