1876 – St. Peter’s Church, Aintree, Liverpool

Perspective including elevation & plan as depicted in The Building News, April 28th 1876. Consecrated in November 1877, the tower and spire were never completed. It was demolished in 1999.

“The foundation-stone of the new church of St. Peter’s, Aintree, was laid on the 17th alt. by the Bishop of Chester. The present church was originally used as a cock-pit, and was converted into a place of worship about the year 1846, being licensed by the Bishop. It has accommodation for about 280 people. The new church is to accommodate about 550 people, 180 free sittings being provided. The designs are by Mr. A. P. Bell, Manchester, who has selected the style of the thirteenth century. The church will consist of nave and chancel, with north and south aisles, the chancel terminating in a five-sided apse. The whole of the external treatment, with the internal arches, strings, mouldings, &c., will be executed in red sandstone. The church will be roofed with red Staffordshire tiles, with ornamental ridge of special design.” The Builder. 6 May 1876

“The foundation-stone of the above church was laid by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Monday last, assisted by a numerous assemblage of clergymen and parishioners. The building in which the congregation at present worship was originally used a cockpit, but converted into a church in the 1847, and has been used for divine worship under the licence of the Bishop. The structure only accommodated 230 persons in pews (two only being free), so that the poor have been practically excluded from church privileges. The new church is designed to afford accommodation, when complete, for 956 persons, the present contract being for the chancel and part only of the nave, sufficient to seat 550 persons, 180 being free. Messrs. Asahel P. Bell and George Freeth Roper are the architects (selected in competition), and Mr. Edward Hughes, Miller’s Bridge, Liverpool, the builder.”
The Building News, April 28th 1876

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