Church of St Paul with St Luke, Rock Ferry

The Church of St Paul with St Luke stands in Old Chester Road, Tranmere, on the Wirral peninsula. It is an active Anglican parish church designed in the 19th century by W. and J. Hay. The building is made of red sandstone with Welsh slate roofs and has a large tower topped by a broach spire. A rood screen, pulpit, painted reredos and stained glass windows enrich the interior. The church was listed as Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. The church began as a single dedication to Saint Paul in 1854–55. In 1971 the nearby church of Saint Luke closed and its benefice was united with Saint Paul’s. The rood screen was added in 1910 and enriched in 1922 by Hastwell Grayson. The organ, made by Rushworth and Dreaper and later rebuilt by John Cowin, replaced an earlier Forster and Andrews instrument. Visitors find a three-bay nave without aisles, north and south transepts, and a chancel with a south vestry. The tower contains a stair turret and windows with trefoil heads, while the body of the church has Decorated tracery. The marble font is carved with angels in low relief, and the painted reredos shows Christ in Majesty with angels and saints. Stained glass fills the chancel and transept windows, and the pipe organ occupies the west wall of the north transept.