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St Joseph's Church, Birkdale

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on 29 July 1999. Grade II is the lowest of the three grades of listing and is applied to buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". The presbytery is listed separately at Grade II.
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At the east end of the aisle is an elaborately carved altar, and a reredos incorporating shafts of coloured stone, a central carved stone canopy, and an
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slate roof. The presbytery is in two storeys with a six-bay front and a porch at the right end. The windows are
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dating probably from the same time as the church. It is built in red brick with blue brick bands and a
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doorway approached by three steps and flanked by two rectangular windows. Above the narthex is a large
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19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom
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Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield
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between the nave and the aisle is carried on octagonal sandstone
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
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The church is constructed in red brick with blue brick bands,
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gallery, and the organ pipes frame the west window. The two-
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Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey
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St Joseph's is an active Roman Catholic church in the
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
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St Joseph's Church is located in Southport
53°38′10″N 3°00′55″W / 53.6360°N 3.0153°W / 53.6360; -3.0153
OS grid reference
SD 330 160
Birkdale
Southport
Sefton
Merseyside
Denomination
Roman Catholic
St Joseph, Birkdale
Architect(s)
E. W. Pugin
Church
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking
Materials
sandstone
slate
Diocese
Lancaster
Priest(s)
Deacon(s)
Birkdale
Southport
Sefton
Merseyside
Roman Catholic

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