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Church of St Alban

A Grade II Listed Building in Liscard, Wirral

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4181 / 53°25'5"N

Longitude: -3.0446 / 3°2'40"W

OS Eastings: 330672

OS Northings: 391766

OS Grid: SJ306917

Mapcode National: GBR 7X5X.NF

Mapcode Global: WH876.6BGY

Plus Code: 9C5RCX94+75

Entry Name: Church of St Alban

Listing Date: 20 January 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1273542

English Heritage Legacy ID: 444477

ID on this website: 101273542

Location: St Alban's Roman Catholic Church, Liscard, Wirral, Merseyside, CH44

County: Wirral

Electoral Ward/Division: Liscard

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Wallasey

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Liscard St Thomas

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

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Description


SJ 39 SW WALLASEY MILL LANE
(north side)
Wallasey

3/60 Church of
- St. Alban

- II


Catholic church. 1852-3. By S.R. Eyre and J.A. Hansom.
Stone with roof of hexagonal slates. Nave with south aisle
under lean-to roof, north west tower, chancel and south
chapel. Tower has weathered angle buttresses. West
entrance of 2 orders has ogee hood mould; niche above has
cusped arch; top 2-light louvred bell openings. Broach
spire with lucarnes. East side has canted stair turret with
spirelet. Nave has 4-light west window with Decorated
tracery above later shallow confessional bay with plate
tracery windows. Niche to right of window and 3-light aisle
window. South side has 2-light aisle windows between
buttresses, gabled porch to 2nd bay, the 1st bay projects
with straight-headed windows. Clerestory has spherical
triangle windows, one with louvre. North side has deep
buttresses projecting above eaves. Tall 2-light windows;
clerestory has plate tracery windows of 2 lights with
spherical triangle above. Chancel has north gabled vestry,
east 4-light window between angle buttresses. South chapel
has 3-light south and east windows. Interior: 6-bay arcade
on quatrefoil piers with fillets. Timber west gallery has
cusped panels. Chancel has C20 fittings and 3 timber
sedilia and 2-bay arcade to chapel with parclose screen.
Lady chapel altar and altar rail have pierced tracery;
stencilled walls.


Listing NGR: SJ3067291766

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