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The '''Church of Saint Bridget, Liverpool''' is in Bagot Street, [[Wavertree]], [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], England. |
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{{Infobox religious building | building_name = Church of St Anne, Aigburth| infobox_width = | image = St Anne's Church, Aigburth.jpg | image_size = | caption = Church of St Anne, Aigburth| map_type = Merseyside | map_size = 180 | map_caption = Location of the church in Merseyside | location = [[Aigburth]], [[Liverpool]],<br>[[Merseyside]], England| geo = | latitude = 53.3694 | longitude = -2.9305 | religious_affiliation = [[Anglican]] | rite = | province = [[Province of York]] | district = [[Anglican Diocese of Liverpool|Diocese of Liverpool]] | consecration_year = 1837 | status = [[Parish church]]| functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = | architecture = yes | architect = Cunningham & Holme| architecture_type = [[Church (building)|Church]] | architecture_style = [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = 1836 | year_completed = 1914 | construction_cost = | specifications = yes| capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = [[Ashlar]] stone, slate roof}} |
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The '''Church of St Anne, Aigburth''' is in Aigburth Road, [[Aigburth]], [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], England ({{gbmapping|SJ381862}}). It is a Grade II* [[listed building]]<ref name=images>{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=213625 |title=Images of England: Church of St Anne, Aigburth Road |accessdate=2008-10-10 |publisher=[[English Heritage]] }}</ref> and an active [[Anglican]] [[parish church]] in the [[Anglican Diocese of Liverpool|diocese of Liverpool]], the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Liverpool South - Childwall.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/index.php?p=384|title= Deanery of Liverpool South - Childwall|accessdate=2008-10-10 |publisher= [[Anglican Diocese of Liverpool|Diocese of Liverpool]]}}</ref> Its architecture is an early example of the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque/Norman Revival]].<ref name=images/><ref name=pev/> |
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==History== |
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The church was built in 1836–37 to a design by Cunningham & Holme.<ref name=pev>{{cite book | last =Pollard| first =Richard | authorlink = | coauthors =[[Nikolaus Pevsner]] | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]] | date =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages = 380 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10910 5 }}</ref> It was founded by a group of local merchants, John Moss, Charles Stewart Parker, John Tinne and Josias Booker and consecrated in 1837.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/Aigburth/indexan.html |title= St. Annes, Aigburth Rd Aigburth |accessdate=2008-10-10 |publisher= Lancashire Online Parish Clerks }}</ref> In 1853–54 broad [[transept]]s were added and the chancel was extended. The north and south galleries were removed in 1893–94 and in 1913–14 the chancel was further extended.<ref name=pev/> |
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==Architecture== |
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The church is built in [[ashlar]] stone with a slate roof in [[Norman architecture|Romanesque/Norman]] style.<ref name=images/><ref name=pev/> Its plan consists of a west tower flanked by a [[baptistry]] to the north and a stair bay to the south, a four-bay nave, north and south transepts, and a three-bay chancel with the organ loft to the north and a vestry to the south. The round-headed entrance is in the base of the tower with blind [[arcade (architecture)|arcading]] and a [[diaper (architecture)|diapered]] [[gable]] above it. Over this is a clock face surrounded by a large rose motif. The tower has paired two-light bell openings on each face over which is a [[cornice]] with [[corbel]]s and a [[parapet]] with blind arcading.<ref name=images/> The east window consists of three [[lancet window|lancets]] and a [[rose window]]. The west gallery is still present as are the galleries in the transepts.<ref name=pev/> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 14:56, 10 October 2008
The Church of Saint Bridget, Liverpool is in Bagot Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.