Church of St Mary, Lowe House
CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOWE HOUSE, NORTH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343271
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary, Lowe House
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOWE HOUSE, NORTH ROAD
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- Date:
- 2001-04-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/03284/21
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343271
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary, Lowe House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOWE HOUSE, NORTH 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.
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 MARY, LOWE HOUSE, NORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- St. Helens (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 50935 95844
Details
SJ 49 NE ST. HELENS NORTH ROAD
(west side)
4/86 Church of
Saint Mary,
11.9.51 Lowe House
- II
Catholic church. 1924-30. C.B. Powell. Rock-faced stone
with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Nave with aisles; west
tower with flanking porches; crossing dome with round
transept and chancel apses; south war memorial chapel and
north rounded chapel apse. The style is a combination of
Gothic and Byzantine elements. Tower has setback
buttresses, gabled west entrance has round arch of 3 orders
with mosaic tympanum; doors have decorative iron strapwork.
Window of stepped triple round-headed lancets under
relieving arch. 3 lancet bell openings between buttresses
which rise above parapet; corner turrets are embattled.
Aisles have paired lancets and flying buttresses supporting
clerestory with embattled pinnacles. Apses have paired
lancets and copper roofs. Copper dome on embattled
octagonal drum has lancets under Lombard frieze. South
chapel has gabled porch and round apse. Vestry to south.
Interior: 4-bay nave has round-arched arcades on polished
granite round columns with Byzantine capitals, brick vault
with stone ribs on corbelled wall shafts. Round timber
gallery in front of round tower arch. Crossing has round
drum on pendentives with paired openings under diapered
tympana. Chancel has iron screen and openings to
ambulatory. Transepts have small east chapels. C20
crossing altar on dais and font. The church is an important
local landmark and is a richly decorated exercise in the
Byzantine style combined with Gothic exterior details.
Listing NGR: SJ5093595844
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 216377
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21246
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21253
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21252
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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