The Church of St. Margaret of Antioch is in Prince's Road,

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, England. It is an active

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in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the deanery of Toxteth and Wavertree. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II*

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History

The church was built in 1868–69 and designed by G. E. Street. It was paid for by Robert Horsfall, a local stockbroker and

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. The church became "the centre of Anglo-Catholicism in 19th-century Liverpool". In 1924–26 the Jesus Chapel, designed by Hubert B. Adderley, was added to the north of the church. The architectural style of the church is Decorated.

Architecture

Exterior

St Margaret's is constructed in common brick, with dressings in red brick and stone, and has a

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roof. Its plan consists of a

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and

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forming a single vessel, the nave being flanked by

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s. There is no

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. On the roof, at the division of the nave and chancel, is a timber

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. In the central part of the west end of the church are two three-light windows, with a

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between them and on each side. Above the central buttress is a canopied

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containing a statue of St Margaret of Antioch. Over this is a

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. To the sides of the central part are the aisles under lean-to roofs; each has a doorway with a rose window above. A passage leads from the north side of the church to the vicarage.

Interior

Inside the church are six-

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arcades carried on

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with bands of alternating colours. The chancel is at a higher level, and is separated from the nave by a low marble wall with central iron gates. In the chancel are a piscina and a

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. On the north side of the chancel is a two-bay arcade leading to the Jesus Chapel. The

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is circular, carried on six columns, and stands on a hexagonal base. The

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is in gilded wood, and is decorated with busts of saints. In the chancel floor is a

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to Robert Horsfall. There is much painted decoration on the walls, most of it by Maddox and Pearce. Much of the stained glass is by Clayton and Bell. The glass in the west window of the south aisle is by Percy Bacon Brothers. At the east end of the church are two windows, replaced after the Second World War, which were designed by Gerald E. R. Smith and H. L. Pawle, and made in the A. K. Nicholson Studio. In the Jesus chapel is an ornate

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. The two-

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was made in 1869 by

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References

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History

Architecture

Exterior

Interior

See also

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