St Bride's Church, Liverpool
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
St Bride's Church, Canning, Liverpool, England, was designed by Samuel Rowland. The building work started on 29 August 1829 and was consecrated on 29 December 1830. It was built for the Reverend James Haldane Stewart and is a Grade II* Listed building.
It is deemed to be the best surviving Neoclassical church in Liverpool. It is temple-like in appearance and has a monumental portico of 6 unfluted Ionic columns across the west end. The east window is of stained glass in the Renaissance style and was installed c1905. In the chancel there is a monument to Rev. J. H. Stewart who died in 1854. There is another monument to Mr W.M. Foster, his wife and servant, who all drowned in the wreck of the steamer Rothsay Castle in 1831.
The building has hosted several events as part of the Liverpool Biennial art festival.
See also
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Bride's Church, Liverpool. |
References
- Buildings of Liverpool. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
- Pevsner Architectural Guides - Liverpool. Joseph Sharples, 2004.
External links
- The Website of St Bride's Church Liverpool
- Photographs of the Interior and Exterior of St Brides Church
- The Parish of St Bride, Toxteth
- Other Churches in the Canning area of Liverpool
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a Merseyside building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use dmy dates from May 2013
- Use British English from May 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Churches in Liverpool
- Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool
- Grade II* listed churches in Merseyside
- Anglican Diocese of Liverpool
- Church of England churches in Merseyside
- Merseyside building and structure stubs
