St Mary's Church, Eastham

St Mary's Church, Eastham
St Mary's Church, Eastham, from the southeast
St Mary's Church, Eastham Location in Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°18′48″N 2°57′41″W / 53.3132°N 2.9614°W / 53.3132; -2.9614
OS grid reference	SJ 361 800
Location	Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Eastham, St Mary
History
Dedication	Virgin Mary
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	27 December 1962
Architect(s)	David Walker John Douglas
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Completed	1880
Specifications
Spire height	115 feet (35 m)
Materials	Stone with tiled roofs
Administration
Parish	Eastham
Deanery	Wirral South
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Elisabeth Ann Glover
Curate(s)	Rev Maureen Coats Rev Mark Turner
Laity
Reader(s)	David Colenso, Anne York, Ray Bonnard, Ken London
Director of music	Gerry Warr
Organist(s)	Malcolm Perry
Churchwarden(s)	Sue Abraham Marilyn Gardner
Parish administrator	George Wynne

St Mary's Church is in the town of Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Wirral South.

A place of worship has been here since before the time of the Domesday Book which mentions a priest at Eastham. The present church contains architecture from many periods although a major restoration by David Walker took place between 1876 and 1880. Some of the masonry in the north wall dates from the 12th century. The nave dates mainly from the 13th century, the tower originated in the 14th century and the aisles in the 15th century. The south porch dates from the 16th century. The tower was rebuilt in 1752, and the chancel was restored in 1863–64 by the Chester architect John Douglas.

The church is built in stone with tiled roofs. Its plan consists of a tower at the west end with a small vestry to its south, a four-bay nave, north and south wide aisles, a south porch, and a chancel with the Stanley chapel to its north and a vestry to its south. The Stanley chapel is Perpendicular in style, as is the south porch. The tower has a broach spire with unusual gable pinnacles and three tiers of lucarnes.