Church Of St George

SJ 3592 HEYWORTH STREET L5

19/592 Church of St. George (formerly listed as Everton Parish Church of 12.7.66 St. George).

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Church. 1812-14. Thomas Rickman with John Cragg. Ashlar, in Perpendicular style. West tower, nave and short chancel. Flanking low porches to tower and chancel. Tower has diagonal buttresses; single pointed arched door, 3-light window above. 3-faced clock and 3-light bell openings part glazed and part louvred. All windows have cast iron tracery. Open traceried battlemented parapet with pinnacles at angles. Flanking porches have 2-light window; entrances to north and south have carved spandrels and label moulds. Nave of 7 bays with buttresses and tall 3-light windows. Shallow chancel with 6-light window. Low battlemented side bays; S entrance. Interior: Nave has arcades of cast iron with traceried spandrels. Aisles have galleries with traceried panelled fronts. Cast iron traceried roof on iron columns and arch braces to nave and galleries. Tie rods across width of church. C19 stained glass to E window and W end of balconies, by Shrigley and Hunt of Lancaster. The cast iron structure is an important early example, the result of the encouragement of John Cragg, owner of the Mersey Iron Foundry.

Listing NGR: SJ3554592490