Tower To Former Presbyterian Church Of St Columba

The tower of the former Presbyterian Church of St. Columba, built between 1896 and 1897, is located on Smithdown Road in Sefton Park, Liverpool. This west tower is constructed of red brick, featuring yellow terracotta ornamentation and intermittent banding, topped with a gable-facing saddle-back roof made of slate. The tower has angle buttresses that set back just below the parapet. On the west face, there is a 5-light window with Perpendicular tracery. The top stage includes bell openings, which consist of a flat-arched triplet on each face, complete with mullions and reticulated tracery heads. The 5-light opening and bell stage are accentuated by broad weatherings. The decorative parapet features blind tracery panels, and the gable end is pierced by a 2-light window with a flat-arched tracery head. Finials adorn the corners of the parapets and the apex of each gable, while a diminutive fleche is positioned at the center ridge. The tower is part of a group with the former lodge to Sefton Park at no. 1 Greenbank. Recent development attached to the east of the tower is not included in the listing.