Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool
West end The Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation is a Roman Catholic church in Eldon Street, Vauxhall , Liverpool , Merseyside , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[ 1] [ a] [ b]
History
The church was built in 1859–60, and designed by E. W. Pugin .[ 3]
Architecture
The church is constructed in buff stone with red stone dressings, and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel in one vessel, with narrow aisles . It has a clerestory with sexfoil windows (with six heads) between buttresses , and an apsidal east end. There are also sexfoil windows along the side of the aisles. Around the chancel apse are lancet windows . At the west end of the church is a 20th-century porch, above which is a rose window , and a canopied louvred opening in the gable . On the west gable is an octagonal bellcote with a short spire. The entrance is at the west end of the north side, and includes the arms of the diocese in its tympanum .[ 1] arcades carried on widely spaced round columns. Pugin designed the church to be large but economical; it provides seating for 1,800 people.[ 3]
See also
Notes
^ This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[ 2]
^ Its full title is Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation de la Salette
References
^ a b Historic England , "Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation of La Salette, Liverpool (1068267)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 22 July 2013 ^ Listed Buildings , retrieved 23 March 2015 ^ a b Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004), Liverpool , Pevsner Architectural Guides, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 255, ISBN 0-300-10258-5
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
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