Aye theres no shadows from the side.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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Aye theres no shadows from the side.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Personally i like St Anthony's church on Scotland Road
Yay, I replaced It with less shadow on the Salisbury Road side.
Richmond Baptist, Breck rd.
great Photo Max,I was Christened in that Church & also went to Sunday School there :)Quote:
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Very nice, Lindy.Quote:
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It opened in 1865.
The architect was Sir James Picton, who was the most famous Liverpool local historian of his time.
Various things in Liverpool were named after him.
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Originally Posted by PhilipG
It's a huge church. Pity it's looking a bit run down, it's been in a state of neglect for many years now. No one seems to be maintaining the building. The areas at the sides of the church are full of weeds and litter and the whole place needs a makeover.
The church has always been popular, it used to have a youth club and coffee mornings etc, - it's still in use but looking a bid neglected now.
The maintenance of the building will of course be the responsibility of the congregation and ultimately of the whole community it serves. If the community feels the building is being neglected, then they should join the church and provide funds for its repair and maintenance.Quote:
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All Hallows as seen from the top of St Barnabas, Penny Lane!Quote:
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St Helens - Sefton
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Windsor Street.Quote:
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This church opened in 1872 as a Welsh Baptist Chapel, and, as far as I know, didn't become a "Church of Christ" until well into the 20th century.
I was one of at least 3 people who contributed to this piece on toxteth.net, but it wasn't made clear who contributed what.
For the record, this was my contribution:
Sited at the end of Geraint Street. This opened in 1872 as the Welsh Baptist Chapel, with 350 seats.
The Welsh congregation is known to have moved from here to Earlsfield Road Welsh Baptist Chapel in the early 20th Century.
The 1954 OS map shows the building as "Electro Plating Works", but it was Tru-Form Joinery by 1993.
http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverp...ndsor%20st.htm
I'm gonna put this on, only because even though it was originally built at a Villa in 1851, it was taken over in the 1900's by the First Christ the Scientist Sect, who used the building till the 1960's. Location - Queens Drive, West Derby.
More information at my website - www.gwalia.moonfruit.com
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I have walked past that a few times on the other side, in Bute Street, is a large bell in the garden. I was going to take a photo last week but there was a lot of litter and the lead on the canopy had been peeled offQuote:
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Source - http://www.scottiepress.org/projects/smota.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by billo
A lovely 13cwt (just over 1/2 a ton in today's money) bell which they want to keep next to the church.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/
Holy Trinity Pics added.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Did anyone see that piece in the Echo the other night about Liverpool's best kept secrets? some fella had written a book on them.There was a bit about All Saints Church on Score Lane (the oldest church in Liverpool) which said "see if you can spot the Lepers Squint",through which the lepers,who lived in the valley below,would make their confessions to the parish priest whilst he and the congregation sat safely inside the building.It just shows you how some insignificant detail in a building can have so much meaning doesn't it?
Discover Liverpool is out now for £20 from www.merseyshop.com or you can get a copy by calling this number :0845 143 0001.
The thread is here Paul :)
Thanks Kev.:)Quote:
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I was driving past the church last week and was shocked to see that the vicarage at the back of the church is up for sale. It would be great to see it spruced up and turned into a great family home, but I have a funny feeling it's going to be turned into offices. I think the vicarage outdates the church, can anyone clarify?
The link below is for the estate agency who are selling it:
http://www.honeybournekenny.co.uk
Just checked the website again and found that it has planning permission for five self contained flats.
I don't know about the vicarage, but the Brockman Memorial Hall between it and the church was built in 1931, the year before the nearby Carlton cinema opened.
Both the cinema and the hall were designed by A E Shennan.
A few years ago the hall seemed to be unused, but it's an interesting design - slightly art-deco.
When the bells were being refurbished in the tower at St John's, there was also extensive work on in the Memorial Hall. It still looks the same from the outside so it doesn't look like it's worth breaking in to, but the inside has been transformed and even sports a lift nowt for disabled access.Quote:
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The one at Childwall was massive, my mates used to live there as the vicar's son and they had a massive footy pitch as their back garden. Why it was sold I don't know, seeing as they had to then shell out to build a new vicarage about 30 second away!
Had the pleasure today of visiting the 3 churches in the "Grade 1 listed Churches Triangle" - St Agnes & St Pancras, St Clare and the Uniterian Chapels all off Ullett Road.
St Agnes & St Pancras church (High Anglican) was consecrated in 1885 and was built at the expense of Howard Douglas Horsfall . The building was designed by John Loughborough Pearson, who also designed Truro Cathedral. It was described by Pevsner as the most beautiful Victorian Church in Liverpool - although you wouldn't think so from the outside! From the outside it looks like a big redbrick building but on entering the church the interior is made from Caen stone. The reredos is by Nathaniel Hitch and the church features stained glass by Kempe and H W Bryans (especially the guitar playing angel!)
Its presbytery (1887) is by R Norman Shaw - who also designe Albion House in James Street (or White Star Line fame).
Some photos are attached.
The church of St Clare (Roman Catholic) built 1888-90 was built at the expense of the brothers Francis and James Reynolds. It was designed by Leonard Stokes (later to become one of the most original British architect of the early 20th century).
The exterior, like St Agnes, is built of brick and again it hides the wonders within. It is totally different from St Agnes in its white interior which gives it a light and airy feeling. The church is taller tha St Anges with exposed beams reminiscent of an upturned boat. Its reredos is a large triptych by Robert Bell and George Frampton.
The final church in the triangle is the Unitarian Chapel.
We started our tour in the Church hall then moved through the cloister into the Library, Vestry and then into the church itself.
The church was built 1896-1899 whilst the Hall and the Cloister were added in 1901. The builders were Thomas & Percy Worthington of Manchester and amongst its benefactories were famous sons of Liverpool; Holt, Booth, Brunner and Tate to name a few. The congregation moved to Ullet Road from Renshaw Street in the city centre.
The buildings are of red brick built around gardens. The church interior is sandstone, and provides a contrast to the other 2 churches in the triangle. The reredos is of the Last Supper by H.H. Martyn based on the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting.
The vestry and library have some wonderful wall and ceiling paintings by Gerald Moira commissioned by Sir John Brunner (of Brunner-Mond which later became ICI Chemicals). The paintings are extremely deorative and include the Triumph of Truth accompanied by artists, scientists, religious leaders and other seekers after truth, ancient and modern, including Moses, St Francis, Shakespeare, Aristotle, Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Plato and Isaac Newton to name a few!
The hall and cloisters were given by Sir John Brunner and Henry Tate. Inside, it has an impressive timber roof and reminded me of a medieval Great Hall especially with its prominent coats of arms of Brunner and Tate and the metal work was arts and crafts style. In the Cloister are two bays with monuments take from the earlier chapel in Renshaw Street.
It was amazing to find three Grade 1 listed church buildings within a stones throw of each other. I really enjoyed taking tours of each of them in turn, and seeing how each is so so different.
Hope you enjoyed the pics!
Taffy we're hoping to visit St Margaret's soon - 3 was all we could fit into the hours available to us today!Quote:
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ScouseLad.
Thank you for the beautiful photos and the detailed information.
Also, thanks for reminding us that Toxteth is much more than the infamous Riots.
Those two churches on Ullet Road are works of art.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
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Its being knocked down to make way for the housing.Quote:
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Lindylou has put a pic up of Richmond Baptist, Breck Rd, here is another
shot.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...eveb_04/rb.jpg
Christ Church, Linnet Lane, March 2005. Since this pic was taken the church seems to have lost its' red name-board...and thus the reference to Toxteth Park.
St Georges Church Everton
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94.../StGeorges.jpg
Started the long slog of taking a picture up close of every church tower in Liverpool - want to get the tops and gargoyles and any special feature.
Only a few pics but added a new page to my website:
http://www.liverpoolbells.moonfruit.com/clocksandtops
Looks good Jona:handclap:
heres a photo of the clock St Georges Everton
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94.../mandys001.jpg
Mandy :)
St Mary's Edge Hill - taken today
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Looking down Hope Street to the Anglican Cathedral while standing on the steps of the RC Cathedral.
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St. James's Church ~ Sorry it's not very clear. I took it from the 82 Bus.
It looks quite dreamlike.
Do you have an 'Action' or 'Sports' setting?
They work well from a bus (or train).
It's only a throw-away Kodak that I got from the Chemist at the top of Beresford Road, next to Sayers. I am saving up to get myself a good camera but I need a computer first. I can't keep using my cousin's PC. Will you send God 'Round to Ours with his *Money Cart?* he he heQuote:
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