The Iron Church

Interior of St Michael's Church, Aigburth showing Cragg's ironwork

The Iron Church or The Cast Iron Church is a term which has been used to refer to any of the three churches built in Liverpool in the early 19th century by John Cragg, who ran the Mersey Iron Foundry. The churches incorporated substantial cast iron elements into their structure and decoration.[1][2] Two of these churches are still in existence and are active Anglican parish churches. These are St George's Church, Everton,[1][3] and St Michael's Church, Aigburth.[4] The third church, now demolished, was St Philip's in Hardman Street.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Iron Church, St George's Church, Everton, retrieved 13 November 2012
  2. ↑ Sharples & Pollard 2004, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Sharples & Pollard 2004, pp. 264–265.
  4. ↑ Sharples & Pollard 2004, pp. 293–294.
  5. ↑ Sharples & Pollard 2004, p. 233.

Bibliography

  • Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004), Liverpool, Pevsner Architectural Guides, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10258-5