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, Liverpool, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed the Anglican Liverpool Cathedral. In 2016 the building was closed with a view to selling it to the

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. Its

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was united with that of St Anne, Stanley.

History

Church of England

The church was built between 1913 and 1916, and was paid for by H. Douglas Horsfall. The church has been restored three times; in 1955, in 1972 and in 1998–2013.

Coptic Orthodox Church

In 2016 the building was sold to the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands and is now St. Mary & St. Cyril's Coptic Orthodox Church.

Architecture

Exterior

St Paul's is constructed with a concrete core, lined internally and externally with brick. It has stone bands and dressings, and a tiled roof. It consists of a nave and chancel without division, north and south narrow (passage) aisles, three north and south transepts, and a large central tower. The tower has a round-arched recess on each side containing round-headed two-light bell openings, which have louvres and Y- tracery. On top of the tower is a pyramidal roof. The southeast corner of the tower is

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ed and contains a

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surmounted by a

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. At the west end are three

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s in an arched recess; it is flanked on each side by a porch. Each transept has a half-hipped gable, and contains windows similar to those at the west end. The east wall is blank, and there are four-light windows in the north and south walls of the chancel. The aisles have

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Interior

The interior of the church is plain, being entirely rendered other than for areas of exposed brick acting as dressings. It is effectively in three

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, each with a square groin vault, which are joined to each other by pointed tunnel vaults. Steps lead up to the chancel, whose south transept contains a chapel, and the north transept an organ loft and vestry. The low chancel wall has a canted

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at each end. The three-

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was built in 1916 by Rushworth and Dreaper at a cost of about £1,000 (). The organ case dates from the 18th century and was originally in the former St Paul's Church, which has been demolished. It is decorated with carving by Grinling Gibbons. In the tower are two bells, which were also moved from the old St Paul's. The older bell dates from 1775, and the newer, larger bell was cast in 1861 in Murphy's Bell Foundry, Dublin. The bells were restored in 1975 at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

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St. Mary & St. Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liverpool, Church of St Paul Church of St Paul Gothic Revival church buildings in England Grade II* listed churches in Merseyside Church of St Paul Anglican Diocese of Liverpool Church of England church buildings in Merseyside Giles Gilbert Scott church buildings Churches completed in 1916 20th-century Church of England church buildings Coptic Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom