Congregational Church, Great Crosby
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| Congregational Church, Great Crosby | |
  Position of the church in Merseyside
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Great Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | United Reformed Church |
| Website | Crosby United Reformed Church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Douglas and Fordham |
| Year completed | 1898 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, green slate roofs |
Congregational Church, Great Crosby is on the corner of Eshe Road and Mersey Road in Great Crosby, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (grid reference SJ321999). It is a Grade II listed building.[1] It is an active United Reformed Church.[2]
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[edit] History
The church was formed in 1885 and initially met in a schoolroom. On 22 May 1897 the foundation stone for the present church was laid and the first service was held on 15 September 1898.[2] The church was designed by Douglas and Fordham and it was attached to the schoolroom.[3] In 1972 it became a United Reformed Church.[2]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in snecked red sandstone with green slate roofs in Gothic style. Its plan consists of a nave, low north and south aisles, a southeast porch, large north and south transepts, a west chancel, and a southwest choir vestry with the organ-house above it. Over the nave is a flèche.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The roof is a hammerbeam. The reredos consists of a First World War memorial dated 1920 with gesso work by Joseph Lawton. Forming part of this memorial is the glass in the east window which is by Shrigley and Hunt. In the north aisle two windows contain stained glass by Edward Frampton.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Images of England: Crosby United Reformed Church. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
- ^ a b c About us. United Reformed Church, Crosby. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
- ^ a b Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006). The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 181. ISBN 0 300 10910 5.
