Church of Saint Agnes is a Grade I listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. A Victorian Church.

Church of Saint Agnes

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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of Saint Agnes, Ullet Road
OS grid reference
SJ 375 884
Coordinates
53.38959, -2.93987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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.

Local climate

Church of Saint Agnes 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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