Church Of St Hilary

The Church of St. Hilary is a church built between 1858 and 1859 by architects W. and J. Hay. It features a stone structure with a slate roof adorned with fish scale bands. The layout includes a nave with aisles beneath a lean-to roof, a crossing tower, transepts, and a chancel that has a north vestry and a south chapel. The four-bay nave is highlighted by three-light segmental-pointed windows situated between buttresses along the aisles, along with gabled porches on the north and south sides that have entrances of one order. The clerestory is fitted with segmental-pointed windows that contain two ogee-headed lights.

The west front showcases an entrance with two orders and dog-tooth moulding, accessed by steps, and features a four-light window with Decorated tracery set between weathered buttresses, as well as two-light aisle windows. The transepts include two windows with two lights and a rose window above, along with two-light east windows. The tower is notable for its octagonal northeast turret that rises above the parapet, with a bell stage that has angle buttresses and paired two-light louvred bell openings, a ball flower cornice, and an embattled parapet with gargoyles. The top stage of the turret has small lights.

The chancel is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a five-light east window, along with two-light windows on the north and south sides. The vestry features a lateral stack and a three-light window, with a similar window above to the east, and an extension that dates to 1923.

Inside, the nave arcades are supported by hexagonal piers that still retain gas pipes, and the roof is arch-braced on wall shafts. The font consists of a bowl on a central pier with four additional piers at the corners. The chancel includes a two-bay organ loft on the north side and a two-bay chapel arcade on the south side. The sedilia features nodding ogee heads, and there is a piscina set in a pinnacle to the south, with another piscina with a nodding ogee head to the north. A timber reredos with intricate carving is present, along with stalls from 1897 that showcase Arts and Crafts ornament and enamel plaques. A timber screen separates the chapel. The church serves as a prominent landmark in northwest Wirral.