Historic churches · North West England
St Bride's Church, Liverpool
In or near Liverpool.
St Bride's Church, Liverpool — church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Liverpool Central · 1.1 km
- Free entry
Getting there & planning your visit
St Bride's Church is located in Liverpool, postcode L8 7LR. The nearest railway station is Liverpool Central, which is 1.1 km away. Entry to the church is free.
About
St Bride's Church, Liverpool is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Built in the Neoclassical architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.3970°, -2.9690°.
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Heritage listing
Details SJ 3589 SE PERCY STREET (east side) L8 60/889 Saint Bride's 28.6.52 Church G.V. II* Church. 1830. Samuel Rowland. Stone and stucco, slate hipped roof. Built in form of classical temple. 3 x 6 bays with rectangular chancel apse. Hexastyle Ionic portico with unfluted columns. Central window with battered architrave, frieze and cornice flanked by entrances in battered eared architraves with paired 3-panel doors, and panels over. Returns have sill bands, top entablature and parapet. End bays emphasised by flat pilasters with frieze and cornices; small paned fixed casements. Apse has sill band, angle pilasters and entablature and parapet. Tripartite window with angle colonnetes, entablature and pediment. Flanking porches with battered eared architraves to return entrances. Interior: U-shaped gallery on iron columns with Ionic entablature and panelled balcony. Chancel apse has angle pilasters and entablature. East window has form of distyle-in-antis Ionic colonnade; stained glass window of early C20. Royal arms on west wall dated 1827. C20 glazed partitions to offices under gallery. Listing NGR: SJ3566189375 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 359232 Legacy System: LBS
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Bride's Church, Canning, Liverpool, England, is a Church of England parish church.
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Background
History
St Bride's was designed by Samuel Rowland. Building work started on 29 August 1829 and was the church consecrated on 29 December 1830. It was built for the Reverend James Haldane Stewart and is a Grade II* listed building. It is deemed the best surviving Neoclassical church in Liverpool. It is temple-like in appearance and has a monumental portico of six unfluted Ionic columns across the west end. The east window is of stained glass in a Renaissance style and was installed in about 1905. In the chancel there is a monument to Rev Mr Stewart who died in 1854. There is another monument to Mr WM Foster, his wife and servant, who all drowned in the wreck of the steamship in 1831.
Visiting
As well as continuing to hold services, the building has hosted several events as part of the Liverpool Biennial art festival as well as using for a drop-in for several main charities in Liverpool such as Refugee Women Connect, Micah and British Red Cross. It is regularly used as a venue for music concerts and has a professional recording studio.
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- Coordinates
- 53.3970, -2.9690
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L8 7LR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Nearest railway station
- Liverpool Central — 1.1 km
- Official site
- stbridesliverpool.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7592709 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Bride's Church, Liverpool (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Brides Church Liverpool.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Bride's Church, Liverpool?
- St Bride's Church, Liverpool is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L8 7LR), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- What is St Bride's Church, Liverpool?
- St Bride's Church, Liverpool — church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
- How do I get to St Bride's Church, Liverpool?
- The nearest railway station is Liverpool Central, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode L8 7LR.
- Is St Bride's Church, Liverpool a listed building?
- St Bride's Church, Liverpool is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is St Bride's Church, Liverpool free to visit?
- Yes, St Bride's Church, Liverpool is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Bride's Church, Liverpool?
- The nearest railway station is Liverpool Central, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode L8 7LR.