Report - St Andrews Church, Liverpool – July 2022

[MotionlessMike]

The Anglican Church of St Andrew in the Bootle area of Liverpool was built in 1903/04 as a response to a burgeoning community of dock and factory workers following increasing urbanisation of the area at the turn of the 20th century. The church was built in a gothic style at a cost of £9,000 provided through donations by local residents and designed by local architects Willink & Thicknesse.

A hall was built adjacent to the church in 1910, which was used as an emergency refuge during WW2. Bootle took some of the heaviest bombing in the country with the church hall being destroyed in an air-raid on 3rd of May 1941 resulting in the loss of 42 lives.

I’m unsure when the church closed but the organ was removed in 2017, so presumably sometime in the same year.

Picture of stained glass

The real thing!

The church has been for sale for a while now, hopefully something will happen to it sooner rather than later, before the smashy gets too much.​

 

[urbanchemist]

This is the one opposite the Johnson building isn't it - been holding out for years (at least 2018) against assaults by the local Bootle youth.

 

[Shaun]

One I've been trying for a good while, always kept checking while I went up on the roof next door.

 

[Lavino]

Nice one

 

[MotionlessMike]

This is the one opposite the Johnson building isn't it - been holding out for years (at least 2018) against assaults by the local Bootle youth.

That's the one. Would've liked a look in there really but time was against me unfortunately!

 

[Nyrian]

Aye. We've checked this one twice in the past month with no success. Although there is one section we've not managed to check properly. Unfortunately last visit we tried Johnsons across the street and my daughter got anti-climb paint in her hair. The bushes at the back had obviously been blown back and forth against it, and as she pushed through the bushes to check what she thought was a gap - big chunks attached themselves. Very impressed at her determination. Was the first stop of the day and rather than drive 1hr home to sort it she carried on with the days urbexing as we only had a few hours of light!