Has anyone any info on this church, ie when it was demolished ?....allan
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Has anyone any info on this church, ie when it was demolished ?....allan
st philips ceased in 1882 chez.
St Phillip's Church, Hardman Street, viewed from St Lukes. St. Phillip's was on the same side as the Philharmonic pub.
http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/a..._HardmanSt.jpg
Good pic' Darren,
that looks roughly where the jobcentre was,which was demolished not so long ago,(90's?)and it's still vacant land!
It was higher up the Street than that. WSteve55
It was on the block where the 'Fly in the Loaf' is now.
Not seen a picture of this old church before and can't find a reference to it in any of my old books. Very interesting though, thanks for posting it.
Doesn't really look finished, does it? Like they got the nave done but never got around to a tower or spire...
The gates and railings are quite reminiscient of St. Luke's across the road.
Sorry the 'view' was not exactly from St Luke's - that was me offering some general bearings to the picture.
Hopefully this will clear it up. See where it says "Rodney Street" in large bold letters on the map. ie:
R O D N E Y
S T R E E T
St Phillip's Church is located directly beneath the letter "E" in 'Rodney'. So that would site it between Baltimore Street, Hardman Street, South Hunter Street [looks like on A-Z]. There's another street parallel to Hardman Street which I wasn't able to read on the map. Interestingly there was a Jewish Synagogue on the opposite side of the road, to the church.
http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/a...hurch_1850.jpg
1850 map. no reference/
Hi Darren,so Samp was right! The "Fly in the Loaf" pub,used to be a general grocery store,with a "by Royal appointment" sign over the door! It then became "Kirklands" wine bar. The street parallel,is Maryland st,I think
See also St Judes, Hardwick Street.
They are all Gothic Revival (partiuarly Perpendicular) favoured by Thomas Rickman. See also: Holy Trinity Church, Bristol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Tr..._Lawrence_Hill
I remember it well, the name of the shop was "Kirkland Jennings", my first job in 1954 was on the next block, we used to go there for pies and cakes for lunch. It was a combination bakery, tea shop and store. You could eat there with waitress service. The bakery goods were excellent, about the best you could get.
St. Philip's Church, Hardman St. [1816-1882]
http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/a.../StPhilips.jpg
Jonathan Bennison's map of Liverpool [extract] 1835
[Image removed by request of the owner of www.leverpoole.co.uk]
According to my source, Atlantic House, now Hardman House was built on the site of the church in 1947 the Jewish Synagogue was Chaucers pub in the 1980s.
St Philip's Church was one of three of Cragg's cast-iron churches, and was replaced by St Philip's in Sheil Road (built 1885-90).
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Apologies to www.leverpoole.co.uk for publishing the Jonathan Bennison map 1835 image. I'll see if I can photgraph at the LRO, next visit.
I've redone the St. Philip's [site of] map, as Hardman Street was no wider than Pilgram Street, back in 1835. That would place the Jewish Synagogue site patially over the current road.
The Jewish Synagogue later moved to Hope Place, this in turn closed and the building is now the home of the Unity Theatre.
Ah, O'Connor's. That was probably the first pub in town I got taken to as a green north-ender. A fat bloke was reciting poetry in there, I suspect it was Adrian Henry. I got offered a pound deal in the bogs but didn't know what it was. Such innocence...