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| 53°21′45″N 2°43′38″W / 53.3624°N 2.7271°W | |
| Location | Widnes, Halton, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | December 2006 |
| Architect(s) | E. W. Pugin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1862 |
| Completed | 1865 |
St Marie's Church, Widnes is a redundant Roman Catholic church in Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ513851). It was built between 1862 and 1865 to accommodate large numbers of Irish immigrants who had come to work in the chemical factories.[1] The church was opened in 1865 and designed by E. W. Pugin. It is built in brick with some red sandstone dressings. At the east end is a polygonal apse and on the gable at the west end is a bellcote.[2] The organ was built around 1880 by Wadsworth of Manchester.[3]
It was granted Grade II listing in December 2006[4] following a campaign to save it.[5] The church has been placed on the Buildings at Risk list by the campaign group Save Britain’s Heritage[6] and has been identified by The Victorian Society as being one of the ten most endangered Victorian buildings in Britain.[7]
References
- ^ Diggle, Rev. G. E. (1961), A History of Widnes, Corporation of Widnes, p. 40
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Pollard, Richard (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, p. 651, ISBN 0 300 10910 5
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Widnes St. Marie, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 14 August 2008
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ St Marie's Roman Catholic Church (PDF), Halton Borough Council, retrieved 21 September 2008
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Short, Adrian (8 November 2007), "Concerns for church future", Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News, Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales, retrieved 19 March 2008
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Miller, Vikki (21 June 2008), "Record number of churches face demolition", Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph Media Group, retrieved 24 June 2008
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (21 September 2008), "Catholic church 'neglecting' heritage", Sunday Telegraph, p. 16, retrieved 24 June 2008
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