Church Of St Stephen

BIRKENHEAD

SJ38NW PRENTON LANE, Prenton 789-1/4/240 (South side) 28/03/74 Church of St Stephen

II

Parish Church. Begun 1897. By C.E.Deacon. Completed 1907 by Deacon and Horsburgh. Coursed and squared rubble (brick internally) with red tiled roof. Nave with lean-to aisles with projecting east chapels, chancel. 5-light west window. South aisle with stepped lancet windows in superordinate arches - paired lancets in east and west bays, quadruple lancets in two central bays. Doorway towards west in plain moulded archway. High parapet with plain corbel table and heavy western turret. Triple lancet to east of lower chancel. North aisle similar, but with main doorway towards west, with stepped moulded and chamfered arch in advanced gable with statue in niche over. Interior: exposed brickwork with stone bands. Arcade of 4 bays with square chamfered piers with foliate capitals and plain chamfered arches. Narrower wertern arch. Terracotta hoodmoulds. Arched braced King post roof. Steeply pointed arch to chancel carried on free-standing piers with carved angel capitals. Another similar arch marks sanctuary. Keeled panelled ceiling to chancel. Carved wood pulpit, lectern, choir stalls, altar rails and altar. Reredos with angels playing musical instruments in niches with canopy over. All these furnishings by Deacon. Brick sedilia with terracotta putti. Stained glass: east window as war memorial, 1914-18, Christ in Majesty. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SJ3080286308

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.