St Andrew's Church, West Kirby
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| St Andrew's Church, West Kirby | |
  Position of church in Merseyside
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| Province | Province of York |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Douglas and Fordham Douglas and Minshull |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1889 |
| Year completed | 1909 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof Slate-hung spire and pinnacles |
St Andrew's Church, West Kirby is in Meols Drive in the town of West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England (grid reference SJ212872). It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
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[edit] History
This was originally from 1891 a chapel of ease to St Bridget's Church and became a separate parish in 1920.[2] Building of the church began in 1889–91 by Douglas and Fordham and was completed in 1907–09 by Douglas and Minshull.[3]
[edit] Structure
The church is built in snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof. It is cruciform in shape and its plan consists of a five-bay nave, with clerestory, north and south aisles, a crossing, north and south transepts, and a chancel. Above the crossing is a tower which is set diagonally on which is a slate-hung spire and four slate-hung pinnacles. The south transept forms a chapel and the north transept holds the organ chamber. At the west end is a four-light window and at the east end a five-light window flanked by niches containing statues. The chancel has embattled parapets.[1][3]
[edit] Fittings and furnishings
The columns of the arcade are octagonal. The font is also octagonal and it has a timber cover with crocketed pinnacles. In the crossing are the choirstalls, and the chapel to the south has a parclose screen. On the south wall of the chancel are a piscina and a sedilia. The reredos is by Geoffrey Webb, is dated 1911, and contains canopied figures.[1] The stained glass in the south transept, the north aisle and the east window is by Bryams.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of St Andrew, Hoylake. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ West Kirby. Genuki. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ a b c Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 379. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
