Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Church.

Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary

WRENN ID
shifting-postern-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Garston MP: Maria Eagle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Church
Address
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary, Church Road
OS grid reference
SJ 421 868
Coordinates
53.3751, -2.8704
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary, built between 1859 and 1860 by R. W. Hughes, is a Catholic church located on Church Road in Woolton. Constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof, the church is oriented with the ritual east to the northwest. It features an aisle-less nave, transepts, and a chancel flanked by side chapels, along with single-storey sacristies on either side and a gabled north porch. The ritual west end is supported by diagonal buttresses and includes an entrance along with pointed windows arranged in a 2:3:2-light configuration, showcasing Geometric tracery. The nave has five bays with 2-light windows and lacks a clerestory. The north transept contains two 2-light windows with a rose window above, while the south transept features a 4-light window. The chancel is accented by diagonal buttresses that flank a 5-light window. The gabled side chapels also have 2-light windows. The south sacristy includes windows with one and two cusped lights and a gable topped with a rose window. Inside, the reredos is likely by Edward Welby Pugin, and the east window, dated 1878, was created by Capronnier.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary 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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