---
title: "St Michael in the Hamlet (with St Andrew), Liverpool"
description: "Located in Liverpool, Merseyside. Built 1813–15. Diocese of Liverpool. Grade I. Gothic Revival; cast-iron construction style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Merseyside","Liverpool","Grade I","Gothic Revival","Cast Iron","Thomas Rickman","John Cragg"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/liverpool-st-michael-hamlet-st-andrew"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:04:21.812Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:34:01.711Z"
location: "Liverpool, Merseyside"
country: "England"
county: "Merseyside"
town: "Liverpool"
address: "St Michaels Church Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L17 7DB"
postcode: "L17 7DB"
built: "1813–15"
consecrated: "21 June 1815"
architect: "Thomas Rickman and John Cragg"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Michael"]
diocese: "Liverpool"
grade: "I"
style: "Gothic Revival; cast-iron construction"
materials: "Brick with much iron detail and slate cladding"
website: "https://www.stmichaelshamlet.org/"
openingHours: "Every Saturday between the beginning of March and the end of October from 10am to 4pm. Heritage Open Days, and for special events which will be advertised on the church's website."
parish: "St Michael-in-the-Hamlet with St Andrew, Toxteth Park"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209945"
gridReference: "SJ 369 870"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Michael in the Hamlet (with St Andrew), Liverpool

St Michael-in-the-Hamlet is a Grade I church on St Michaels Church Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, in the Diocese of Liverpool.

## Overview

Historic England dates the church to 1814 by J. Cragg and T. Rickman: brick with much iron detail and slate cladding, a six-bay nave with differing aisles and clerestory, a short west tower with diagonal buttresses, and a short chancel with vestry and chapel. The listing calls it one of the earliest and most thorough uses of industrial materials in a major building. Interior arcades have iron quatrefoil columns and traceried spandrels; open iron trusses support the ceiling.

John Cragg of the Mersey Iron Foundry funded the chapel, built between December 1813 and 1815 at a cost of £7,865. It was consecrated on 21 June 1815 by George Henry Law, Bishop of Chester, as a chapel of ease to St Mary, Walton. Cast iron was used for columns, window tracery, mouldings and the structural skeleton, with brick and slate around the frame. Wikipedia records later work by W. and G. Audsley. The parish is united with St Andrew, Toxteth Park.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1209945](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209945)
- [St Michael-in-the-Hamlet](https://www.stmichaelshamlet.org/)
- [Wikipedia: St Michael's Church, Aigburth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Aigburth)