| St Hilary's Church, Wallasey | |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Year consecrated | 1859 |
| Ecclesiastical status | Parish church |
| Leadership | Revd. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The following is a list of Religions and spiritual traditions, however it excludes modern religions which can be found in List of new religious movements. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England Diocese in the Province of York based in Chester, covering the county of Cheshire Ecclesiastical polity is the operational and governance structure of a Church or Christian denomination. A parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a Parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches Canon Paul Robinson, Rector |
| Website | St Hilary of Poitiers |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | W. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction & J. Hay |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Year completed | 1859 |
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| Materials | Stone, slate roofs Separate tower in stone |
St Hilary's Church, Wallasey is in the town of Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, England (grid reference SJ296928). For other kinds of building materials see Hardware, Biology, Star formation. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude It consists of a church built in 1858–59[1] and the separate tower of a former medieval church. [2] Both the church and the tower are Grade II listed buildings. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance It continues to be an active parish church. [3]
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History
The present building is believed to be the sixth church on the site. [4] The first church is thought to have been built in Saxon times and was probably built of timber and of which there is no trace. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south Several stones have been found of a Norman structure on the site. For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy. It is thought that a new church was built between 1162 and 1182 by William de Waley. This was rebuilt and a tower added during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost For the play see Edward II (play. For the film see Edward II (film. The next rebuilding was in the age of Henry VIII when the tower of 1530 was reconstructed. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of In 1757, the church was described as ruinous and it was rebuilt. [5] This structure was accidentally burnt down in 1857 and the church was rebuilt as a separate building in 1858–59, leaving the tower as a freestanding edifice. The architects of the present church were W. & J. Hay. [6]
Structure
The church is built in stone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a nave with clerestory, north and south aisles under lean-to roofs, a crossing tower with transepts, and a chancel with a north vestry and a south chapel. Clerestory (ˈklɪə(rstɔəri lit clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is an architectural term denoting Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. [1]
The separate tower is built in stone and its lower parts date from the 13th century. It is in three stages with diagonal buttresses. A buttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a Wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall On the north and east faces are blocked arches. The louvred bell openings have three lights and at the top is an embattled parapet with gargoyles. A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a Roof or structure. In Architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone Grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building [2]
Fittings and furniture
The roof is arch-braced in type. In the chancel is a two-bay organ loft to the north and a two-bay chapel arcade to south. The wooden reredos has rich carving. There are two common meanings of the word reredos. In general architecture the word can mean the back of an open hearth of a fireplace or a screen placed behind a table The stalls are dated 1897 and are decorated with Arts and Crafts ornament and enamel plaques. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American Aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the In a discussion of Material science, enamel (or vitreous enamel or porcelain enamel in U [1] The ring is of six bells which are dated 1859. The churchwardens' accounts begin in 1658 and the parish registers in 1574; both were saved in the fire of 1857. A churchwarden is a lay official in a Parish church of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer A parish register is a book normally kept in a Parish church, in which details of Baptisms Marriages and Burials are recorded [5]
The organ was built in 1861 by Henry Willis to the design of W. Henry Willis (born 27 April 1821, London - died 11 February 1901, London was a British organist turned organ builder T. Best, who was organist at that time, with two manuals. A manual is a keyboard designed to be played with the hands on a Pipe organ, Harpsichord, Clavichord, Around 1903 the instrument was entirely reconstructed as a three-manual organ of 39 stops and 15 couplers, designed by Dr. An organ stop (or just stop) is a component of a Pipe organ which admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of Organ pipes Its name James Lyon, who was organist at the time. The work was carried out by W. Johnson of Birkenhead. Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. In 1924 the organ was moved to the north choir aisle above the vestry. The rebuilt organ was designed by George Dixon and built by Rushworth & Dreaper. [7]
References
- ^ a b c Images of England: Church of St Hilary, Wallasey. English Heritage. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
- ^ a b Images of England: Tower to former Church of St Hilary, Wallasey. English Heritage. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
- ^ St Hilary of Poitiers. St Hilary of Poitiers. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at
- ^ History. St Hilary's Church, Wallasey. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
- ^ a b Richards, Raymond (1947). Old Cheshire Churches. London: Batsford, 334–338.
- ^ Salter, Mark (1995). The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire. Malvern: Folly Publications, 76. ISBN 1871731232.
- ^ Rhodes, Julian (1999). St. Hilary, Wallasey, Merseyside. The George Dixon Archive. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
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