Church Of St Paul

The Church of St Paul, built in 1916, is a notable church designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It features grey brick construction with a red tile roof, comprising a single vessel nave and chancel, passage aisles, three transepts, and a central tower. The building has a weathered parapet, and the west end showcases three cusped lancets set in a round-headed recess, with ribs in between. The flanking porches have pointed entrances with wooden and iron gates, while the north-west porch was bounded in 1984. The south-west porch includes an inner entrance with a pointed arch and a tympanum displaying arms. The transepts feature half-hipped gables and windows similar to those on the west front. The chancel has a blank east wall and four-light windows on the north and south sides. The aisles are adorned with rose windows, particularly above the doors on the south side. The tower has two round-headed recesses on each side, with round-headed two-light bell openings that feature Y-tracery and deep louvres. The south-east angle is chamfered, topped with a pinnacle and a canted stair turret that has a hipped roof behind the parapet, culminating in a pyramidal roof.

Inside, the church is rendered with exposed brick quoins. The passages have arches leading to the transepts and nave, while the groin vaults at the crossings are supported by brick ribs on all four sides. The low chancel wall includes canted pulpits at each end, and there is an organ loft to the north of the chancel. The churchyard wall runs along the west end of the church on both sides and extends along Derby Lane, Etruscan Road, and the south side of the site. The main gate on Derby Lane features a segmental arch, with additional gates located at the side of the west end and on Etruscan Road. This church is considered one of Sir Giles Scott's most outstanding works and bears a resemblance to his award-winning design for the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool.