Congregational Church Hawkshead Street Southport

A new Congregational church in Hawkshead Street, Southport, will be opened next week. The style is 13th century English, the only other example in the district being a newly-erected Wesleyan church in Southbank-road, Southport. Red brick has been used, with Lougridge stone dressings, and the angle is marked by an octagonal tower surmounted by a stone spire. The interior consists of a broad nave, the side aisles being used as passages only. The seating is of pitch pine, and the accommodation for 450 persons. Messrs. W. Waddington and Son were the architects, and the cost, exclusive of boundary walls, has been £3,000. [Building News 24 January 1890 page 131]

Reference           Building News 24 January 1890 page 131