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crippletron 3000
07-03-2011, 09:02 PM
Church of St Cyprian, Liverpool.

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Some intalect from English Heritage......

Church. 1879-81. H. Sumners. Roof reconstructed 1896-8, Willink and Thicknesse.

Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. 6-bay nave with passage aisles, West tower, 3-bay transeptal extension to East end of North aisle, chancel with rectangular apse, and vestries to East and North.

Free Gothic style. Tower has angle buttresses and pinnacles. Gabled west entrance with round arch and 2 straight-headed doors with traceried tympanum.

3-light window above has pierced parapet. 4-face clock and paired segmental-pointed bell openings. Embattled parapet with gargoyles.

Lean-to bay to right, round ended bay to left. Aisles are windowless, with gabled buttresses. Clerestory has cross-gables and 3-light segmental-headed windows with low transom.

Transeptal extension has 3 rose windows. Chancel has gabled North organ loft, apse has rose window.

Interior has arcades with good free Romanesque capitals, probably c.1898.


Visited with the usual suspects, we headed off to Liverpool early one morning for a mooch around your church'Z.

Designed by Culshaw & Summers in 1881, this landmark Liverpool church has suffered at the hands of the scousers since 2007 when it was last used as a local youth club.

Featuring some of the best graffiti that even Banksy would aspire to and enough pidgeon poop & peeling paint to satisfy the Amateur Thrillseekers :rolleyes:


Looking towards the Alter, the scaffolding blocking the main detail...

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...behind the scaffolding there is some decent detailing of the alter

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We found some old Hymm books & bibles

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Stained glass window behind the alter

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Pews

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Organ donor

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Pulpit detail

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Next up I decided to check out the clock tower, which with hindsight wasn't such a good idea, as the ladders came away from the masonry as I got halfway up and the timbers were rotten and just about supported the weight of my camera & tripod - (Found out the hard way after my good foot disappered) :D

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Initial ladder up

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Clock mechanism

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'The bells'

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Hallelujah

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Thanks for looking :)

MJS
07-03-2011, 09:13 PM
Well good mate, that organ shot is the tits. Roll on the weekend ;)

Krypton
09-03-2011, 08:12 AM
This place looks awesome and some very nice shots there.