St Andrew's United Church, New Brighton

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Sep 2015

St Andrew’s Church occupies a site on the corner of Rowson Street and Egerton Street. The foundation stone for the Wesleyan Chapel was laid on 22nd April, 1870. A report in the Liverpool Mercury noted that: “The Chapel is designed to accommodate about 350 people, and there is a schoolroom attached which is to hold about 300. The style of architecture is that which prevailed during the first half of the 13th Century, adapted to the requirements of the present day...The ground plan is in the form of a Greek cross, the arms of the cross forming the transepts to the main body of the building” . The building was completed by late October of the same year and the Chapel was opened on Wednesday, 23rd November, 1870. In 1968, the tower was in need of repair but due to costs, it was decided to reduce the tower by 25 feet and replace with a modern cap (http://www.historyofwallasey.co.uk/wallasey/Wallasey_Churches_New_Brighton/index.html#St_Andrews_Church A History of Wallasey Churches). Today, the church is a United Reformed Church and Methodist LEP (Local Ecumenical Partnership) with a congregation of around 120 (http://www.standrewsunitedchurch.co.uk/about/ St Andrew’s United Church).

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