St Nicholas' Parish Church, Wallasey

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Sep 2015

St Nicholas' Church is in Newport Avenue, Wallasey. It was erected by the late Mr Frederick Harrison and the late Sir Heath Harrison, in memory of their father and mother, James and Jane Harrison, who lived at the Laund, Wallasey from 1857 to 1879. It was designed by JF Doyle and built in 1910–11. Erected near the sea, the church was appropriately named after St Nicholas, the patron saint of voyagers The imposing church is built mainly of rock-faced Storeton stone with rubbed-face quoins and dressings, roofed with Yorkshire stone flags. The church has a cruciform plan, with a central tower above the crossing, a nave and a chancel but is orientated in the opposite direction from the usual liturgical orientation, with its chancel at the west end. Because it is built predominately on sand, its base is a steel and concrete raft. The church is known as the Harrison Memorial Church and, because of its proximity to Wallasey Golf Club, as the Golfers' Church (http://www.historyofwallasey.co.uk/wallasey/Wallasey_Churches_Wallasey_Village/index.html#St_Nicholas History of Wallasey). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building (English Heritage Building ID: 492830 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-492830-church-of-st-nicholas-#.VfKTlnmFOHs British Listed Buildings). https://stnicholaswallasey.wordpress.com/the-church/ St Nicholas, Wallasey website.

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