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In his early church in Liverpool Pugin adopted the Geometric Gothic style, with a well-lit interior and a shallow chancel.
The plan of the church consists of a six-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a two-bay chancel with north and south chapels. The west front has a pair of arched doorways under a larger arch containing a roundel. Above this is an eight-light window. The west front is flanked by large buttresses rising higher than the eaves. On the west gable is a delicate open timber bellcote. Along the sides of the clerestory are four-light windows.
Inside the church the five-bay arcades are carried on octagonal piers with capitals deeply carved with foliage. There are also arcades between the chancel and the chapels. The south aisle contains confessionals. There are marble altars in the chancel and the chapels, each with a reredos. The reredos in the chancel was designed by Pugin in 1867; it is in richly carved alabaster, and contains statues in niches. In each chapel are three statues in canopied niches. Stretching across the whole church is a continuous marble altar rail. The east window contains stained glass dating from 1925.
The photo shows the west front.
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