St George's Church, Everton
| St George's Church, Everton | |
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St George's Church, Everton, from the south
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| Coordinates: 53°25′31″N 2°58′17″W / 53.4253°N 2.9715°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 355,925 |
| Location | Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Charismatic evangelical |
| Website | St George, Everton |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint George |
| Consecrated | 1814 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 12 July 1966 |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Rickman |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1813 |
| Completed | 1815 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 119 feet (36 m) |
| Width | 47 feet (14 m) |
| Height | 96 feet (29 m) |
| Materials | Ashlar stone with cast iron components |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St George, Everton |
| Deanery | Liverpool North |
| Archdeaconry | Liverpool |
| Diocese | Liverpool |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Kate Wharton |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Bob Harrington |
| Churchwarden(s) | John Simpson; John Winstanley |
St George's Church is in Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is the earliest of three churches in Liverpool built by John Cragg, who used many components in cast iron which were made at his Mersey Iron Foundry. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Liverpool, the Liverpool archdeaconry, and the Liverpool North deanery.
The building of the church was enabled by an Act of Parliament, the St. George's Church, Everton Act, which was passed in 1813. The foundation stone was laid on 19 April 1813 and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 26 October 1814. The architect was Thomas Rickman and the church was built by John Cragg.
The outer shell of the church is built in stone while the interior is in cast iron. Its plan consists of a west tower, a seven-bay nave with aisles, and a short chancel. Porches flank the tower and chancel. The tower has diagonal buttresses, an arched west door with a three-light window above. The next stage has a clock on three faces and above this are three-light bell-openings which are partly glazed and partly louvred. On the summit is an embattled parapet with pinnacles at the corners. All the windows have cast iron tracery. Internally the nave has arcades of cast iron and the aisles have galleries. The roof is of cast iron. The architectural style of the church is Perpendicular. Tie rods were added in the 20th century.
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