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Welsh Presbyterian Church, Liverpool
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The Welsh Presbyterian Church is a disused church on Princes Road in the Toxteth district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is a redundant church of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] Because of its tall steeple, the church has been nicknamed the "Welsh Cathedral", or "Toxteth Cathedral", although it was never an actual cathedral.[2] In 2019, it received National Lottery Stage 1 funding to become a community hub after thirty years abandonment.[3]
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Welsh Presbyterian Church, Liverpool | |
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![]() Welsh Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, from Princes Road | |
53.3938°N 2.9638°W / 53.3938; -2.9638 | |
OS grid reference | SJ 360 890 |
Location | Princes Road, Liverpool, Merseyside |
Country | England |
Denomination | Presbyterian Church of Wales |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 14 March 1975 |
Architect(s) | W. & G. Audsley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | High Victorian Gothic |
Groundbreaking | 1865 |
Completed | 1867 |
Specifications | |
Spire height | 200 feet (61 m) |
Materials | Stone, slate roof |
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