Presbyterian Church, Serpentine and Warren Road, Blundellsands

Reference           Building News 16 September 1904 page 394

BLUNDELLSANDS. - The Earl of Aberdeen laid, on Wednesday, the foundation stone of a new Presbyterian church at the corner of Serpentine and Warren Road, Blundellsands. The nave will be 32ft. wide by 70ft. 6in. long, and it will have a broad centre aisle. The side aisles and the transepts are to be separated from the nave by a series of red sandstone piers and pointed arches. The aisles are to be used only as passageways to the seats, the whole of which are in the nave and transepts, and thus an uninterrupted view of the pulpit and choir will be obtained. An organ   chamber is to be provided in the south-west angle of the church, with stone arches opening into it from the choir and west transept. At the north end of the building, and situated over the entrance vestibule, a gallery will be provided. The minister's vestry and choir vestry are to be at the south-east angle of the church and will form a connecting link between the church and schools, when the latter are built. The style adopted is a Late period of Gothic with traceried windows. Externally the building will be faced with Runcorn stone throughout, the roof being covered with green Westmoreland slates. Internally the arches and doorways will be of Runcorn stone, and the walls will be plastered. The roof will be finished with pitch pine boarding relieved by moulded ribs. The church will be lighted by electricity, and an electric fan in the ventilating turret will be used for extracting the vitiated air. The heating throughout will be by hot water pipes and radiators on the low-pressure system. The building, which is to cost about £800, will accommodate 565 persons, and will be completed by September 1905. The architects are Mr Arnold Thornely, ARIBA., and Mr Gilbert Fraser, ARIBA, of Liverpool; and the contractor, Mr Samuel Webster, of Bootle. It is intended later on to add a lecture hall, with ladies' room, cloak rooms, and provision for Sunday school and other congregational work. [Building News 16 September 1904 page 394]