St Paul's Church

Cadw's description

Location

On corner with St Helen’s Avenue.

History

1889.

Exterior

Brown stone with paler freestone bands and dressings, slate roof. Spirelet on ridge towards E. Main entrance to N through porch with twin doors at top of curving flights of stone steps. Return elevation to St Helens Road has gable end with large 7 light window in perpendicular style flanked to each side by canopied niche, small pointed window above in gable apex; at ground level wide segmental headed window of 4 lights in centre flanked to each side by deep segmental headed window of 2 lights, intermediate buttresses.

S elevation of 5 bays; from E (right), first 3 bays each with tall Perpendicular style window of 2 lights. Fourth bay comprises gable end wall of short transept at W end of main body of church, Perpendicular style window of 4 lights, small pointed head light above and deep segmental headed window of 2 lights on ground floor, diagonal buttresses. Fifth bay comprises southern elevations of lower wing containing main body of church.; this has 2-light window with head at eaves level; below, flight of stone steps with stone balustrade leads up to lean-to porch wing with 2-light flat-headed window to L in S wall and gabled porch to R. North elevation of church similar to S elevation but without porch at E end.