Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. Church.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
sharp-postern-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Walton MP: Dan Carden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1952
Type
Church
OS grid reference
SJ 358 948
Coordinates
53.44631, -2.96671
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building that originally served as the parish church of Liverpool. The west tower was constructed between 1828 and 1832 by John Broadbent. The north side was added in 1840 and does not have an aisle. A large south aisle or chapel was built in 1911, and much of the rest of the church underwent post-war restoration.

The tower features angle buttresses that end in pinnacles, a three-light west window with an ogival hood mould and fleuron, and the first stage has three-light windows with blind arcading above which is a four-faced clock. The design includes Perpendicular tracery throughout. The bell stage has three-light louvred bell openings with ogival hoods, and the tower is topped with an embattled parapet that has pierced tracery.

The nave has north and south porches at the west end. The south aisle has a west entrance and extends eastward as a chapel, consisting of five bays in total. The chancel has four bays and features a five-light east window. At the east end, there is a low vestry and store rooms.

Inside, the church was reconstructed after sustaining war damage and contains a heavily restored Romanesque font located under the tower, as well as a Saxon cross situated at the east end in the vestry.

Local climate

Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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