Church of Saint Bridget, Liverpool

The Church of Saint Bridget stands in Bagot Street, Wavertree, Liverpool. It is a Grade II* listed building and an active Anglican parish church. The foundation stone was laid in 1868 and the church was consecrated in 1872. Originally a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church, it became a parish in its own right in 1901. The architect, E. A. Heffer, designed both the fabric of the church and its fittings. The church is built in the style of an Italianate basilica. It is constructed of common brick with bands of red and blue brick, and has a slate roof. The nave has nine bays with a clerestory and lean-to aisles. The chancel features a round apse and a high thin northwest campanile with narrow lights. All windows are round-headed, and the campanile has louvred bell-openings and a pyramidal roof. Inside, arcades of nine bays with round arches are supported by scagliola columns. The ceilings are richly ornamented and coffered. The altar is free-standing in the apse, and the reredos is a mosaic depicting the Last Supper by Salviati. The pulpit is made of polychromatic stone and marble, and the lectern stands on a simple marble column. The font is square with mosaic medallions on each face. Stained glass in the clerestory windows is by Charles A. Gibbs, and the First World War memorial glass is by H. Gustave Hiller.