HISTORY- built in 1865 by william james audsley and george ashdown audsley in a gothic revival style , known also as the toxteth cathedral by locals , even though it was,nt !
when opened in 1868 it was liverpools tallest building , thanks to its 200ft spire ! in the 1980s it became surplus to requirement due to falling church population in the district , it became unoccupied for the next 30 odd years until its plight was brought up in the liverpool echo -stop the rot campaign , some internal steel framework has been installed to stop the place collapsing completely ! plans are afoot to revive this once impressive structure
by using it to house small arts n crafts studios.
THE VISIT- after failing to gain entry to the old liverpool deaf centre we made our way across the street to the welsh presbyterian church , entry was easy enough, and in we went ! inside the church it was pretty bare except for an old telly n a knackered piano , the church is quite deceptive in its size , the first room i entered was i thought the main chapel ? but after working our way through the building we realised the main part of the church was a lot bigger (hence the nickname TOXTETH CATHEDRAL ). the highlight of the visit was climbing up the spire to see where the bells where housed.
WARNING- i would recommend that fellow urban explorers take extreme caution with this building as 2 of us went through the rotten wooden floors , 1 banged their head on a protruding wooden structure and 1 tore there designer jeans , this explore involved a lot of crawling n squeezing and laying ladders across rotten floors.
THE PHOTOS- the 2 external daytime shots of the church was taken from colin lane of the stop the rot liverpool echo campaign .
when opened in 1868 it was liverpools tallest building , thanks to its 200ft spire ! in the 1980s it became surplus to requirement due to falling church population in the district , it became unoccupied for the next 30 odd years until its plight was brought up in the liverpool echo -stop the rot campaign , some internal steel framework has been installed to stop the place collapsing completely ! plans are afoot to revive this once impressive structure
by using it to house small arts n crafts studios.
THE VISIT- after failing to gain entry to the old liverpool deaf centre we made our way across the street to the welsh presbyterian church , entry was easy enough, and in we went ! inside the church it was pretty bare except for an old telly n a knackered piano , the church is quite deceptive in its size , the first room i entered was i thought the main chapel ? but after working our way through the building we realised the main part of the church was a lot bigger (hence the nickname TOXTETH CATHEDRAL ). the highlight of the visit was climbing up the spire to see where the bells where housed.
WARNING- i would recommend that fellow urban explorers take extreme caution with this building as 2 of us went through the rotten wooden floors , 1 banged their head on a protruding wooden structure and 1 tore there designer jeans , this explore involved a lot of crawling n squeezing and laying ladders across rotten floors.
THE PHOTOS- the 2 external daytime shots of the church was taken from colin lane of the stop the rot liverpool echo campaign .
