Church of St Cecilia Green Lane Tuebrook Liverpool

The Permanent Church replaced a temporary building designed by Matthew Horan. For the new church Bowers Norris produced what has been described as an adaptation of the Early Christian or Lombard Romanesque School. Within the church form and colour are blended, everything was designed to lead the eyes to the High Altar. Lying below the altar lies the traditional figure of St. Cecilia, an exact copy of Maderno=s masterpiece in Rome. The stark, white figure is thrown into relief by a background of black marble. The reredos, over twenty feet high, is flanked by two large columns of Swedish green marble supporting a decorative cornice of rich, white marble. Centrally beneath the cornice, the traditional throne for the monstrance is arranged in a large niche surrounded by panels of Mexican onyx. The arch above the reredos contains a depiction of the Crucifixion, itself the culminating point of the mosaic work of the sanctuary. Side chapels dedicated to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady complement the High Altar.

Foundation stone laid on 22 September 1929; opened 21st December 1930; Consecration on 6 October 1972 by Archbishop George Andrew Beck

Reference    J A Hilton; The Artifice of Eternity pages 92-93
Reference    Pollard and Pevsner: Lancashire Liverpool and the South West. page 480