St Elphin, Warrington
St Elphin, Warrington
St Elphin’s is the Grade II* parish church of Warrington, on Church Street, in the Diocese of Liverpool.
- Location
- Warrington, Lancashire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lancashire
- City / town
- Warrington
- Address
- Church Street, Warrington, Lancashire, WA1 2TL
- Postcode
- WA1 2TL
- Built
- Medieval fragments including 14th-century chancel; present church mainly 1859–67
- Architect
- Frederick Francis and Horace Francis
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Elphin
- Diocese
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Warrington St Elphin
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Gothic and Gothic Revival
- Grid reference
- SJ 615 883
- Opening hours
- Church open daily.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England lists medieval fragments, including a chancel mostly of the fourteenth century, with the present church mainly of 1859–67 by Frederick and Horace Francis — “probably their best work” (Pevsner). The plan is a wide nave, wide aisles, crossing tower and tall spire. The listing notes a very elaborate organ screen of 1908 by William and Segar Owen, some glass by Pugin, medieval monuments and others of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Listing NGR: SJ6153288397.
Wikipedia records a church tradition from about 650, a priest in Domesday, a crypt of 1354 associated with William Boteler, Civil War damage, a 1696 rebuild and a 1770 nave. Most of the present fabric, including the landmark 86-metre spire of 1867, is the Francis brothers’ work. The church is the civic parish church of Warrington, in the archdeaconry and deanery of Warrington.