Church of St Paul, Victoria Square Widnes

The church of St. Paul, Widnes, was consecrated on Tuesday by the Bishop of Liverpool. The building is faced with grey pressed bricks, ornamented with terracotta, and has cost £8,000. It is cruciform in shape, and in the Early English style. Mr. H. Shelmerdine, of Liverpool, is the architect. Accommodation is provided for 750 worshippers. [Building News 28 January 1887 page 116]

Reference        British Architect 12 December 1884 Page 289
Reference        Building News 28 January 1887 page 116
Reference        Pollard/Pevsner: Lancashire South West. Page 561

Note Pollard also ascribes the vicarage of 1901 to Shelmerdine