OS grid reference SJ 381 862 Denomination Anglican Functional status Active Phone +44 151 727 1101 | Country England Website St Anne's, Aigburth Opened 1914 Status Parish church | |
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Location Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside Address 389 Aigburth Rd, Liverpool L17 6BH, UK Architectural style Romanesque Revival architecture Similar St Mary's Church - Grassendale, Church of All Hallows, Stanlawe Grange, Church of St Matthew and St Ja, Church of St Christoph Profiles | ||
The Church of St Anne is in Aigburth Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall. Its architecture is an early example of the Norman Revival style.
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History
The church was built in 1836–37 to a design by Cunningham and Holme. It was founded by a group of local merchants, John Moss, Charles Stewart Parker, John Tinne and Josias Booker and was consecrated in 1837. In 1853–54 broad transepts were added and the chancel was extended. The north and south galleries were removed in 1893–94 and in 1913–14 the chancel was further extended.
Architecture
The church is built in ashlar stone with a slate roof in Norman Revival style. Its plan consists of a west tower flanked by a baptistry to the north and a stair bay to the south, a four-bay nave, north and south transepts, and a three-bay chancel with the organ loft to the north and a vestry to the south. The round-headed entrance is in the base of the tower with blind arcading and a diapered gable above it. Over this is a clock face surrounded by a large rose motif. The tower has paired two-light bell openings on each face over which is a cornice with corbels and a parapet with blind arcading. The east window consists of three lancets and a rose window. The west gallery is still present as are the galleries in the transepts.
Community
The church adjoins St Margaret's Church of England Academy and is used at times as the venue for carol and other services.