St Michael in the Hamlet (with St Andrew)
Liverpool, Merseyside
St Michael in the Hamlet is a Grade I Listed building in south Liverpool, noted for the extensive use of cast iron in its construction and external decoration.
St Michael in the Hamlet is one of only two surviving cast iron churches by Cragg and Rickman and was built in 1815, the tracery, pinnacles, mouldings, and building frame are all of cast iron.
Liverpool, Merseyside
The exterior is Gothic Revival, Perpendicular in design with spectacular east window tracery. The church was part of the Cast Iron Shore – an area on the Mersey full of iron works, which was used in buildings. Even the shore was stained red with iron. The cast iron houses are now gone, but the church remains, a vital part of a Conservation Area.
Added in 1919, the tower clock commemorates the fallen of the First World War, as does a stained glass window by local artist Gustav Hiller. A monument commemorates Jeremiah Horrox (1618-41), known as the Father of Modern Astronomy.
Liverpool, Merseyside
St Michael in the Hamlet is a Grade I Listed building in south Liverpool, noted for the extensive use of cast iron in its construction and external decoration.
Toxteth Park, Merseyside
The stunning interior of Caen stone evokes the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Reims; the church is also home to a superb collection of stained glass windows by Kempe and others.
Toxteth, Merseyside
Enjoying a new lease of life after reopening following almost four decades of closure.