Church Of St Philip And St Paul

SOUTHPORT

SD31NW SCARISBRICK NEW ROAD 664-1/1/180 (North side) 20/02/98 Church of St Philip and St Paul

GV II

Church. 1884-7, by RF Tolson. Rock-faced yellow sandstone, slate roofs. STYLE: C13 PLAN: nave with south-west porch-tower, north and south aisles, south baptistery, coupled north and south transepts, south vestry, chancel. EXTERIOR: the 4-stage tower, with angle buttresses (foundation stone dated 1884 between those to left), has a 2-centred arched south doorway moulded in 3 orders, with an A-shaped coping above; a heavy moulded band to the second stage, which has lancet arcading with shafts; a pilaster strip to the third stage flanked by a pair of narrow slots; another heavy moulded band to the belfry stage, which has pairs of deeply-moulded lancet windows with stone louvres and gablets; balustraded parapet with pyramidal corner pinnacles. The nave has a tripartite west window of 1:3:1 lights, with Geometric tracery to the centre. 5-bay clerestory with pilaster strips and pairs of 2-light windows with Y-tracery. The low buttressed aisles have pairs of cusped one-light windows; the coupled gables of the transepts have 4-light windows with Geometric tracery. In the west angle with the south transept (the third bay of the south aisle) is a gabled baptistery which has a window of 3 arched lights in each wall; in the east angle is a vestry parallel with the chancel. The tall chancel has a 5-light east window with Geometric tracery. INTERIOR: 5-bay aisle arcades of cylindrical columns with moulded annular caps carrying 2-centred arches with ovolo moulding; wrought-iron circular lamps suspended between bays; 2-centred vaulted ceiling with lateral beams supporting posts to the ridge; marble and alabaster pulpit; early C20 oak choir stalls by GC Packer, with gableted and traceried canopies, and similar organ case on north side. Baptistery with Romanesque-style colonnading, communication with chapel in south transept. Various commemorative stained glass windows.

Listing NGR: SD3438616448