Church Of Saint Agnes

The Church of Saint Agnes, built between 1883 and 1885 by architect J. L. Pearson, is a Grade I listed building located on Ulett Road in Liverpool. Constructed of brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof, the church features a nave with aisles beneath lean-to roofs, along with east and west transepts. The short chancel has a canted end and an ambulatory, flanked by turrets, and includes a south chapel. The aisles are adorned with 2-light plate tracery windows set between gabled buttresses, while the clerestory has lancet windows. The west end is framed by angle buttresses and features three 2-light windows, with an entrance flanked by small buttresses. Above, there is a gallery with an arcaded balustrade and a stepped 3-light window, topped by a gable cross. The flanking porches, which have lean-to roofs, are accessed through arches of two orders and include cinquefoil windows. The west transepts contain lancets and angle buttresses, while the east transepts showcase 4-light windows. A lead fleche is positioned at the east end of the nave. The chancel features lancets alongside narrower blind lancets and wall shafts, while the south chapel includes aisles and a 3-light east window.

Inside, the church is finished in stone and has a 4-bay nave with arcades supported by round piers, corbelled wall shafts, a gallery, and a quadripartite vault without a ridge rib. The west end porch has three arches and a gallery above. The northwest transept serves as a baptistry, featuring a marble font, and also contains an octagonal organ loft on marble piers. The north and south chapels are located to the west of the east transepts. The chancel has an apsed end with arcading that features paired arches under a relieving arch with a roundel, angels depicted in the spandrels, and relief panels illustrating the Adoration of the Magi, along with statues of angels above. Iron grilles lead to the ambulatory, and there is a low marble wall in the chancel. The south chapel includes a south aisle and a north aisle formed by the ambulatory, while the south transept features a timber gallery. The church is noted for its fine stained glass, including windows designed by Kempe, and is described as "the noblest Victorian church in Liverpool" by Pevsner.