Roman Catholic Church of Saint Austin is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Church. 3 related planning applications.

Roman Catholic Church of Saint Austin

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Garston MP: Maria Eagle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Church
Address
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Austin, Aigburth Road, L19 0NU
OS grid reference
SJ 393 853
Coordinates
53.36132, -2.91218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Austin, built in 1838, is a brick structure with stone dressings and a stone facade, topped with a slate roof. The gabled facades feature octagonal flanking turrets with a drip mould at the eaves level, which likely once had pinnacles. The gabled porch is flanked by lancet windows and supported by diagonal buttresses, with a niche containing a statue and additional lancets. A prominent rose window with iron tracery and a top louvred lancet is also present. The church has five-bay returns with lancets positioned between buttresses, along with a drip mould and parapet.

Inside, there is a west gallery supported by iron columns. The pointed arched chancel recess displays a large painting of the crucifixion above the reredos, accompanied by a dove in a panel above. To the right, there is a similar chapel recess with a traceried gablet, and a pointed arched panel with an entrance and gablet. The interior also features some painted glass.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Church of Saint Austin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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