Exterior The church is built with red
sandstone on its exterior and white stone from
Storeton on the interior. The
chancel is lined with square of red and green
jasper, and the chancel steps and the base of the
pulpit are in black Vaulsort
marble. Its architectural style is
Gothic Revival, with a mixture of
Decorated and
Perpendicular styles. The tower is described as being a "mighty Perpendicular tower of the
Somerset type".
Interior The finest feature of the church is its stained glass. Of the 15 windows, 14 were designed by
Edward Burne-Jones, with some input from
William Morris, and were made by
Morris & Co. Pollard and
Pevsner consider that the west and east windows are the best. The east window was made in 1875–86 and depicts the
Adoration of the Lamb. Burne-Jones also claimed that this was his finest piece of work. The west window depicts the
Four Evangelists. The window in the south
transept was built in 1879 and depicts four holy men;
Noah,
Moses,
Daniel and
St Paul. In the north transept dating from 1880 are four holy women: Mary, the sister of
Aaron,
Ruth the Moabitess,
Queen Esther and the
Blessed Virgin. The north chancel windows followed in 1881; they depict angels and are memorials windows to John Bibby's children. The eight windows in the
aisles were made between 1882 and 1886 and depict incidents from the life of Jesus. The other window is at the east end of the north transept and was made by
Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Also in the church are memorials to members of the Bibby family. One represents an earlier John Bibby who died in 1811. It is by William Spence and contains a standing figure of Hope. This memorial was moved from St Thomas' Church, Seaforth in 1978. Another memorial is to Mrs Bibby by Frederigo Fabiani. ==Images==