The Diocese of Liverpool was founded on 29 September 1850, and elevated to the status of an archdiocese on 28 October 1911. It consists of the county of Lancashire (south of the Ribble), parts of Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and the Isle of Man. It is the Metropolitan diocese in the Province of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Liverpool, and is dedicated to Christ the King. 208 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2007).
One of the major monuments of the Catholic and Gothic Revivals. Designed in a free and inventive Decorated style, with... Read More
One of E.W. Pugin’s ‘industrial designs’, built in 1864-5. While not of the quality of his earlier church of Our... Read More
One of Pugin & Pugin’s more impressive churches, both in external massing and design, and in the quality of the... Read More
An important church which has played a significant role in the spiritual life of Liverpool. It serves as a... Read More
A small church designed by E.W. Pugin, an architect of national standing. Its special importance derives from the... Read More
A longitudinal design with a short northwest tower, old-fashioned for its date. A school-chapel was built at Longton... Read More
The church was of some architectural interest as a pioneering work by Weightman & Bullen, which influenced the form... Read More
A substantial Gothic Revival rural church built for the Jesuits by their favoured architect, J. J. Scoles. The church... Read More
A fairly standard design of the late 1950s by L. A. G. Prichard, enlivened externally by an octagonal, mainly glazed... Read More
A late and altered church by Pugin & Pugin, not among their finest, but nonetheless containing a good collection of... Read More
A good example of an early post-Emancipation chapel, which follows broadly late Georgian style in terms of massing but... Read More
A dual-purpose building of 1900, of attractive and picturesque external composition and detailing, more school than... Read More
